Will Larson
Person on 4 sites
Engineering executive who has led infrastructure and engineering organisations at Stripe, Calm, Carta and Imprint, and previously at Uber and Digg. Author of…
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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12 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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An engineering manager should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach. (opens korrents.com)
“Managers should support 6-8 engineers. This gives them enough time for active coaching, coordinating and furthering their team’s mission by writing strategies, leading change, and so on.”
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A sustainable on-call rotation needs seven or eight engineers. (opens korrents.com)
“Oncall rotations want 8 engineers. For production oncall responsibilities, I’ve found that two-tier 24/7 support requires eight folks.”
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A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. (opens korrents.com)
“Small teams (<4) are not teams. I’ve sponsored quite a few 1-2 person teams, and each time I’ve regretted it. To repeat: I have regretted it every single time.”
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An engineering manager should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach. (opens korrents.com)
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15 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Top Chef (opens rcmnd.app)
“something I do still watch is Top Chef with my wife she's a Top Chef Super Fan and there's something just like very relaxing from like this formulaic structured shows where you kind of know what's going to happen…”
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Thinking in Systems: A Primer (opens rcmnd.app)
“For me, systems thinking has been the most effective universal tool for reasoning through complex problems, and this book is a readable, powerful introduction.”
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Don't Think of An Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate (opens rcmnd.app)
“While written from a political perspective that some might find challenging, this book completely changed how I think about presenting ideas. You may be tempted to instead read his more academic writing, but I'd…”
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Top Chef (opens rcmnd.app)