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The Scoop #49: Should Glassdoor reviews matter for tech companies?
Also: a 1.5-month code freeze at Stack Overflow, early warning signs of cuts at AWS, and details on when Amazon will join the generative AI race.
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Gergely Orosz
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Reorg basics for Engineering Managers and Engineers
Running a reorg as an engineering leader, and how to make the most of a reorg, as someone caught up in the middle of this.
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Gergely Orosz
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Diego Ballona
The Scoop #48: GitHub’s reliability issues
Also: Amazon’s RTO on the way, Stack Overflow cutting down on product development,Google reducing perks and the story of Excalidraw.
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Gergely Orosz
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A new way to measure developer productivity – from the creators of DORA and SPACE
An exclusive interview with the four researchers behind a new developer productivity framework: The three dimensions of DevEx
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Gergely Orosz
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Inside Datadog’s $5M Outage (Real-World Engineering Challenges #8)
The observability provider was down for more than a day in March. What went wrong, how did the engineering team respond, and what can businesses learn…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Scoop #47: Datadog’s $65M/year customer mystery solved
Also: Shopify’s deep cuts, Microsoft’s reduced compensation targets, and senior engineer salaries trending downwards in Ukraine.
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Gergely Orosz
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Compensation at Publicly Traded Tech Companies
Insights from 100 tech companies, and a list of those paying the most median total compensation.
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Gergely Orosz
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Staying technical as an engineering manager
The importance of staying technical, and activities to do at work, and outside work. Also: why Amazon’s Deep Dive principle helps stay technical.
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Gergely Orosz
April 2023
What is ML Engineering?
A broad overview of the field, how it compares to software engineering, its relationship to AI, and a deepdive into how an ML-powered app works.
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Gergely Orosz
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The Scoop #46: Uber’s engineering level changes
Also: Meta’s second round of engineering cuts, managers to become ICs at Shopify and a look behind Postman’s and Sentry’s impressive customer growth…
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The productivity impact of AI coding tools
How much of a productivity boost do GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT give software engineers? Results from a survey with over 170 respondents, and a look into…
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The Scoop #45: The state of startup funding in Q1 2023
Also: Stripe’s massive monorepos, Amazon’s ChatGPT guidance, and has Twitter fired too many people?
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Gergely Orosz
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