Tag: Managing

The tech industry has swiftly swung from where they could not find enough people to hire a mere 9 months ago, to a surge of layoffs. The golden years have lasted long enough that there are people who are well into their careers and never experienced large layoffs. For those who rem...

The concepts of time management and productivity are closely linked, but are they really the same thing? Are productive people simply those who manage time well, and does managing your time always result in you being truly productive? The obvious answer is no. You can schedule every minute of yo...

The Home Page My Notion was created with two things in mind: functionality and aesthetics. I wanted it to be an effective place to store ideas as well as keep track of my life. My home page is something that is nice to keep as a dashboard on a second monitor, it has a catalog of my importan...

The What and Why of “Managing Out” In certain cases, the review process we discussed in my last article was weaponized to set up people to be “managed out.” Once the company targeted you, regardless of the reason, your chances of staying were low. In its simplest form, &ld...

The world would be a lot simpler if human beings weren’t around, right? Well, that may be so, but then again it might be pretty boring. People bring relationships to our lives and the opportunity to express our emotions and to connect on a spiritual plane. The dessert island experience as depi...

With labor shortages surfacing in nearly every industry, companies are increasingly turning to Gen Z workers who are entering the workforce to fill vacancies. In fact, it is projected that nearly entry-level positions in the country will be occupied by Gen Z workers by 2030. As digital natives, G...

Friend and frequent story idea contributor Brendan recently asked me about a quote attributed to Peter Drucker concerning measurement and management. I thought it would make an excellent piece because the topic is indicative of a broader phenomenon. So, my 43rd Year III Playing to Win/Practitioner I...

Managing a problem may not be the same thing as solving one. We explore how both mental models can lead to a healthier workplace dynamic and how to manage expectations beset by the manager, whose job is to run a company by setting unreasonable goals and figuring out how to manage the problems they b...

A few weeks ago, I was working on a project that involved using AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) to deploy an application across multiple environments. To create my development, staging, and production environments, I found myself copying and pasting several manifest files, making only a few cha...

Introduction Remember when I mentioned that Databricks was cooking up a process for better workflow management in their quarterly roadmap call? Well, it appears to finally be here (or in Public Preview at least). Asset bundles are a way to follow proper software development prac...

Introduction I somehow managed to convince our data platform team that I need a higher level of access so I can see everyone’s cluster and job configurations. My OCD regarding FinOps was quickly confirmed after starting to peruse our inventory. While we do have various guardrails in place, ...

One of the most common questions we get about using Terraform to manage infrastructure as code is how to handle secrets such as passwords, API keys, and other sensitive data. For example, here’s a snippet of Terraform code that can be used to deploy MySQL using Amazon RDS: ...

In the current competitive banking environment, Level Up Bank recognizes the need to constantly evolve its IT infrastructure to meet the demands of its internal operations and customer services. With a rapidly growing team across various departments such as Development, Operations, and Analytics, a ...

After the installation of your init.vim file in your PATH/nvim directory and lazy-config.lua in your PATH/nvim/lua folder. It’s time to add a new file named plugins which is passed as an argument to our lazy-config.lua file so that it can load and install all the plugins separately. I will upd...

However, as a manager, even in expressing a simple statement, I have to be careful that I’m not expecting non-managers to manage my feelings, and be careful not to share or imply political statements or other things that a non-manager might feel uncomfortable confronting me about. Simple state...

Consultation with a Dermatologist: Start your journey to managing psoriasis by consulting a dermatologist. A healthcare professional can assess the severity of your condition and recommend suitable treatment options, which may include topical creams, oral medications, or phototherapy. Topical ...