Engineering Secrets

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Use Google

Never memorize something that you can look up - Albert Einstein

Every experienced Engineer uses Google

Search on
Google Our oracle.
Stack Overflow Almost every question you might have (even very specific ones) was already made and answered in Stack Overflow
Github “Awesome” Lists
 
 
 
 
This is a movement where engineers started to share curated links on Github, for example
  • Awesome Styleguides
  • Awesome Go
  • Awesome Machine Learning
    Check out for more … Awesome Curated Lists
  • Copy-Paste

    Don’t be ashamed to copy-paste PUBLIC code snippets written by others. You are not alone so probably the problem you are facing has already been addressed by someone else.

    References

    The Manager’s Path - by Camille Frontier
    A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
    Key takeaways
  • “One-on-one meetings with your manager are an essential feature of a good working relationship.”
  • “A manager’s job involves making it easy for her employees to get things done by creating fertile environments in which work can happen.”
  • “Mentoring new hires is critical.”
  • “Feedback works best when you, as a manager, pair that feedback with coaching.”
  • “It’s unrealistic to think you can or should shield your team from everything.”
  • Production-Ready Microservices - by Susan Fowler
    Building Standardized Systems Across an Engineering Organization
    Microservices Patterns - by Chris Richardson

    Refactoring - by Martin Fowler
    Improving the Design of Existing Code