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clairereckless.bsky.social
Engineering Manager, Tester, occasional public speaker
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Getting Started

A key lesson I’ve learned as a manager is situational leadership. Managing everyone the same doesn’t work. People vary in skill and motivation for tasks. High skill, high will workers need empowerment, while low skill, low will workers need clear direction and guidance. Adapt your approach.

Reposting my popular post from elsewhere. It's still relevant 6 years later. I made a handy flowchart called "Should I say resources?" Please use as needed.

My latest blog post covers how a simple observation at airport security highlights the concept of Betterment and how it applies to engineering teams. Which group are you in? angiejones.tech/the-betterme...

If you aren’t following @robbowley.net you should be !!

Next read lined up !

Alright, I did it, I made a starter pack! Am I doing bluesky right yet? go.bsky.app/JdHEiGM

Team TOPOLOGIES explained to Ted LASSO medium.com/@tpierrain/t...

Why AI replacing juniors is bad for senior devs:

The vast majority of your problems can be solved with boring, common technologies. Techies get carried away with shiny new tech. The next greatest thing comes along, and the suggestions are to use it for the new project or platform. 1/3