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News, lessons, and insights in the world of engineering management.
Best Practices
What is Allocation?
Kevin Dallaire | April 20, 2021
One of the most common questions we hear technical leaders ask is, which metrics are actually worth tracking? At Jellyfish, we believe that Allocation should be the first metric that modern engineering leaders measure.
Strategic Alignment
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Jellyfish News
2021 State of Engineering Management finds data-driven engineering leadership drives 25% more innovation and increased performance
Evan Klein | April 14, 2021
We're excited to announce the release of the 2021 State of Engineering Management Report. Learn about the challenges, triumphs, and opportunities for engineering management from the past year and see how your team compares.
Distributed Teams
Engineering Operations
Productivity
Strategic Alignment
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Team Management
Preparing Engineering Teams for Hybrid Work
Kevin Dallaire | April 7, 2021
If your software engineering team defaulted to working from the office, your office culture will likely look very different post-pandemic. But it’s difficult to pinpoint precisely how teams will operate in “the new normal.” We examine what Jellyfish is considering as we plan for our future hybrid work model.
Distributed Teams
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Strategy & Planning
Surprise! Your CEO DOES care about velocity…if they go by @jack
Andrew Lau | March 30, 2021
Our CEO and co-founder, Andrew Lau, reacts to what might be a pivotal moment for engineering leaders everywhere. Learn how Jack Dorsey just broke down the barrier between engineering and business priorities.
Strategic Alignment
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Team Management
You Don’t Need to Go It Alone
Andrew Lau | March 24, 2021
In the final part of a three-part series, Andrew gives us an overview of the resources available to engineering leaders that can help solve the challenges that we discussed previously.
Strategic Alignment
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Team Management
Why Engineering Leadership Is So Hard
Andrew Lau | March 16, 2021
In part two of an ongoing series, Andrew discusses why engineering leadership is so hard and what can be done to make it better.
Strategic Alignment
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Team Management
It’s Lonely At The Top as an Engineering Leader
Andrew Lau | March 3, 2021
Andrew Lau discusses why leading engineering teams can be a lonely job and discusses the challenges unique to the role.
Strategic Alignment
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Employee Spotlight
Employee Spotlight: Milan Thakker
Kevin Dallaire | February 25, 2021
In this employee spotlight interview, I sat down with Milan Thakker, an early member of the Jellyfish team, and discussed what it was like in the early days of the company. He shares why his role is unique and what is required to thrive in a cross-functional environment when working with so many teams.
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Employee Spotlight
Engineer Spotlight: Jasmine Oliveira
Kevin Dallaire | February 24, 2021
At Jellyfish, we are privileged to work with such a talented group of engineers everyday. To celebrate National Engineers week, we interviewed Jasmine Oliveira, one of our very own software engineers at Jellyfish, to discuss her career as a software engineer, the team evolution over the years, and the creativity involved in software development.
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