Code Reviews

We should define a software engineer as someone who does rock-solid code reviews and writes code in their spare time. Not the other way around.

Releasing

Think of release as a train that features/PRs/developers have to catch. Not as a tool to ship a fix or features. Set a cadence and release. Do not wait for that one last PR to get merged in the trunk to release.

Security & Compliance

A local gym membership management system has very different security requirements than Twitter. Analyze the game you are playing and act accordingly.

Estimations

Most deadlines aren’t deadlines because a lot of them are breached and no one dies.

Making Money

With only a job, the probability of making it big is equivalent to the inverse of DynamoDB's uptime.

Promotions

If you ever feel like wanting to get a promotion, rethink your priorities until you no longer feel like that.