Team on Bits, Trades & Systems https://blog.turboawesome.win/tags/team/ Recent content in Team on Bits, Trades & Systems Hugo en-us Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:55:00 +0000 On-Call Culture That Doesn't Burn Out Your Team https://blog.turboawesome.win/2022/07/on-call-culture-that-doesnt-burn-out-your-team/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:55:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2022/07/on-call-culture-that-doesnt-burn-out-your-team/ On-call is a forcing function for reliability — when engineers are paged for their own systems, the feedback loop on quality is immediate. Done badly, it burns out your team. The practices that keep it sustainable. Hiring Senior Engineers: What the Interview Loop Can't Tell You https://blog.turboawesome.win/2021/07/hiring-senior-engineers-what-the-interview-loop-cant-tell-you/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:02:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2021/07/hiring-senior-engineers-what-the-interview-loop-cant-tell-you/ After running hiring loops for senior engineers at the European fintech firm, the pattern was clear: the things that determined whether a hire was successful were almost never well-measured by our interview process. Writing Technical RFCs That Actually Get Read https://blog.turboawesome.win/2021/02/writing-technical-rfcs-that-actually-get-read/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:07:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2021/02/writing-technical-rfcs-that-actually-get-read/ Most technical RFCs fail at their primary purpose: creating alignment before building. The failures are almost always structural — missing context, buried decisions, or no clear ask. Here's the format that worked. Engineering Velocity at a Startup: What Actually Made Us Fast https://blog.turboawesome.win/2021/02/engineering-velocity-at-a-startup-what-actually-made-us-fast/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:41:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2021/02/engineering-velocity-at-a-startup-what-actually-made-us-fast/ After two years at a fast-moving fintech startup, the things that actually determined how quickly we shipped were not the tools or the process — they were much simpler and harder to fix than that. From IC to Lead: The First 90 Days Managing a Technical Team https://blog.turboawesome.win/2020/05/from-ic-to-lead-the-first-90-days-managing-a-technical-team/ Wed, 13 May 2020 13:44:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2020/05/from-ic-to-lead-the-first-90-days-managing-a-technical-team/ The transition from individual contributor to technical lead is the career move that most engineers underestimate. The skills that made you good at the IC role don't automatically transfer — here's what the first 90 days actually taught me.