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Managing people 🤯 Feb 6, 2022 · 11 min read · 57,654 views I believe almost all first-time founders burn out their first employees as they learn how to manage groups of people. If this advice helps av
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Tue Jan 21, 2020 by Justin Fuller One of my favorite reads is Joel Spolsky's Things You Should Never Do . He wrote this post almost twenty years ago, outlining the downfall of Netscape and others beca
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Welcome to another issue of The Pragmatic Engineer where I cover topics relevant for engineering managers and senior engineers at high-growth startups and big tech. If you’re reading this but haven’t
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