As we all shift into high gear for 2023 and get cracking on our roadmaps and deliverables, I want to share some fundamental principles I have picked up over the years for putting together kick-ass teams and smashing goals. Some of the following tenets became evident to me out in the wild, while others were taught to me by some truly great engineers and leaders. Embrace constraints: Contrary to popular belief, constraints can be a powerful tool to help you focus and be more creative....

Sometimes bigger isn’t better. This is a lesson I have recently learned as I step away from two years at a unicorn scale-up company. So let me first give some background context to this situation, and for the sake of brevity, I will attempt to be succinct. I have no formal education in IT or computer science. My knowledge in these fields results from a self-taught education and hands-on experience. While it is true that self-learning is a more-than-viable path to success with the overwhelming amount of information and courses available on the internet, it does come with its downsides....