Our city (Cebu) is going into an enhanced community quarantine starting this weekend. That basically means only one person per household can go out and only to buy basic necessities. All public transport will be shut down. Only the most basic businesses, such as food, water, pharmacies, and banks, will remain open. These are trying…
Author: Dexter Sy
Dexter is an engineering manager at Synacy, a co-founder of ATeam Business Software Solutions, and founder of TechManagement.Life. He loves to share his experiences and thoughts on managing software teams and running businesses.
Can Data Replace Intuition?
I’ve recently been listening to an audiobook called “Blitzscaling” by LinkedIn founder and Paypal executive Reid Hoffman. (Stay tuned for my review of this book later on.) One of the chapters of the book covers “key transitions” you need to make as a company as you start to scale. One of the key transitions discussed…
Five Lessons I’ve Learned About Managing Remote Teams
In light of the recent coronavirus outbreaks, more and more companies are seriously considering setting up work-from-home arrangements for their employees. Even further, many are considering going fully remote, at least for the time being. I’ve had the privilege of managing both on-site and remote teams at Synacy. We’re quite fortunate to already have the…
Can We Measure Software Developer Productivity?
Short answer: I don’t know. Before you move on though, I’d like to say that “I don’t know” here means that I know from personal experience that trying to measure a software developer’s productivity rarely (or never) ends well. However, I also acknowledge that, historically, there have been valiant efforts that worked to some extent,…
The Endless Tension Between “Possible” and “Necessary”
Making schedules is boring. Making roadmaps, just a little bit more exciting (extra points for being actually a part of “making something”, as opposed to just predicting how “making something” happens). In management, however, there’s a huge sense of fulfillment when you’re able to elevate these into an artform. I came across this great article…
Managing Managers: How to work effectively with former peers
Here’s the final part of my series on middle management. In this one, I talk about how to deal with a promotion where you end up managing people who used to work in the same capacity as you – your former peers, so to speak. If you haven’t yet, do check out the first of…