Articles filed under category 'Guidance'

Every successful engineering project deck has these five sections, does yours?

All successful projects have something in common. They communicate their story well across various channels. One such channel is a slide deck; the most successful ones have these five sections....

The 5 why method to nail a perfect narrative for your engineering project

Did you write some code today? Fixed some bugs, prevented a future outage, cleaned up dead code, or completed a new feature for the sprint. But why?

Technologies to invest in early as a CTO

Startups move fast and iterate to find product market fit. In doing so, there is less focus on developing foundational systems. Technical leaders focusing on common systems like framework/language, database,...

How to pitch when management is not supportive of your ideas

At Uber, I come across hundreds of ideas every year being pitched for funding & support. Some ideas go viral while others fall flat. Here is the number one reason...

Two questions you must ask your hiring manager before signing the offer letter

An interview is a two-way street. It is the company and hiring manager vetting you as much as you are trying to vet them.

Is your platform worth building?

Platform teams are the craze in the software industry right now. Every team wants to be the platform team to unblock other teams to focus on their core problems. Sometimes...