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“Wartime” vs “Peacetime” at Tech Companies
The difference between the two operating modes at tech companies, and how to thrive in each of these environments.
Gergely Orosz
9 hr ago
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The Scoop #42: Is there a drop in software engineer job openings, globally?
Also: Amazon’s job cuts deepen; pay transparency changes in the US; and the answer on why Dollar Shave Club was down for 8 days straight.
Gergely Orosz
Mar 23
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Inside Sourcegraph’s Engineering Culture: Part 2
A deep dive into how Sourcegraph works from the perspective of software engineers and engineering managers. Part 2.
Gergely Orosz
Mar 21
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The Scoop #41: Meta’s Big Restructuring to Come
Also: Amazon doubling down on RTO. And is ChatGPT causing panic within Big Tech?
Gergely Orosz
Mar 16
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Inside Sourcegraph’s Engineering Culture: Part 1
A deep dive into how Sourcegraph works from the perspective of software engineers and engineering managers.
Gergely Orosz
Mar 14
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The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
The bank serving half of all VC-funded startups in the US and UK collapsed more or less overnight. How did it play out, and what is the impact of this…
Gergely Orosz
Mar 13
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Inside Uber’s move to the Cloud: Part 2
Uber has operated its own data centers for 9 years. What challenges did the company face, and why is it considering moving to the Cloud? Part 2.
Gergely Orosz
Mar 9
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Inside Uber’s move to the Cloud: Part 1
Uber has operated its own data centers for 9 years. What challenges did the company face, and why is it considering moving to the Cloud? Part 1.
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Mar 7
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Community Thread: delivering and dealing with unfavorable performance reviews
As a manager, how do you deliver an unfavorable performance review? And how do you deal with getting a worse review than what you expected?
Gergely Orosz
Mar 6
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The Scoop #40: Performance reviews, equity refreshers and cost cutting
Performance reviews stricter this year, equity refreshers cut back at Instacart, and Google cutting back in decades-old investment areas.
Gergely Orosz
Mar 2
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February 2023
Backstage: an Open-Source Developer Portal
A deepdive into what Backstage is, why it is gaining rapid popularity across large tech companies, and alternatives to it.
Gergely Orosz
Feb 28
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The Scoop #39: Changes in the tech job market
Also: a historic pushback on RTO at Amazon, Big Tech job-switching stats, and more.
Gergely Orosz
Feb 23
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