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  • Embracing Impermanence in Tech: Lessons for the New Year

    The impending end of the year always prompts reflection. What worked and what didn’t? What were the highlights? Is there room for more of that next year? Doing these exercises, I admit that I sometimes get haunted by the impermanence woven into the very fabric of the tech industry. Let me explain. Impermanence is everywhere from…

    giserossi

    18th Dec 2023
    Uncategorized
    tech, technology
  • Understanding Burnout – An essential skill of leadership

    On Friday, I attended Tech Leadership Unplugged, and one of the main topics we discussed was “Pushing for excellence without triggering burnout”. The format was a small roundtable discussion led by one of my idols, Meri Williams, and organised by Grace Duffy. I loved this conversation because understanding and acting on burnout is a cornerstone of…

    giserossi

    20th Nov 2023
    Company Culture
    burnout, companyculture, engineeringmanagement, leadership
  • Tapestry Series — #2 Anastasia Kondratieva, Site Reliability Engineer

    Introduction to the Tapestry Interview Series: “Tapestries are made by many artisans working together. The contributions of separate workers cannot be discerned in the completed work, and the loose and false threads have been covered over.” Sheldon Glashow Even though tech is a multidisciplinary field, when many people think of tech, the first thing that…

    giserossi

    5th Oct 2023
    Uncategorized
    TapestrySeries, tech
  • Tapestry Series — #1 Clara Cali Mella, Analytics and Insights Manager

    Tapestry Series — #1 Clara Cali Mella, Analytics and Insights Manager

    Introduction to the Tapestry Interview Series: “Tapestries are made by many artisans working together. The contributions of separate workers cannot be discerned in the completed work, and the loose and false threads have been covered over.” Sheldon Glashow Even though tech is a multidisciplinary field, when many people think of tech, the first thing that…

    giserossi

    2nd Aug 2022
    Uncategorized
    TapestrySeries
  • 6 tips on hiring: for tech companies and hiring managers

    6 tips on hiring: for tech companies and hiring managers

    As we all know, hiring is a hard problem. Even in the current tumultuous climate for VC-founded businesses, the tech market remains a competitive place to hire good talented people. It’s as important as ever to know how to have a smooth hiring process that optimises for success attracting the people you want and giving…

    giserossi

    30th Jun 2022
    hiring, Uncategorized
    engineeringmanagement, hiring, hiringprocess, tech
  • Hello World!

    Hello World!

    Hi everyone! 👋 It’s good to be here. It’s good to be writing. In June 2022 I attended LeadDev London. In its opening talk, Vitor Reis said, “Writing is thinking”. From the second row, I was internally screaming, “YES!!!!”. Since I started my career, I have always cared about technical documentation. Nevertheless, I’d fall short of documenting processes,…

    giserossi

    27th Jun 2022
    Uncategorized, Writing

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