Sometimes, it's better to do nothing
Sometimes, it’s better to do nothing.
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Drunkard's search
A policeman sees a drunk man crawling on his knees under a streetlight and approaches him:
- What are you doing?
- I’m looking for my keys
- Did you lose them here?
- No, I lost them in the park across the street but the light is much better here!
On reorgs
We reorg’d to go faster, but things are much slower.
Don't be too strategic!
Common guidance given to most aspiring engineering leaders is to delegate details and focus on the big picture. While generally sound advice (as your scope grows, the number of hours available in a day remains constant), it comes with an important pitfall: you’re risking becoming an ignorant and potentially harmful manager.
On priorities
I was discussing an interesting topic yesterday on individual productivity (and the inevitable decay thereof) in large orgs so I organized thoughts in a few paragraphs.
It's all luck
I randomly stumbled upon Tim Minchin graduation talk from a decade ago. There are many (well, nine) points in the talk, but the one that triggered me to write this was it’s all luck.
On strategy and culture
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. Peter Drucker, supposedly (*)
Reflecting on my post-Google experience so far
TL;DR I left Google two years ago to join Superbet, a rapidly growing European sports betting business. I first discuss why I made the call, share a bit of what I learned about betting, and finally reflect on my experience so far.