Sat.Sep 11, 2021

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How to Be an Engineering Leader: A letter to my past self

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Everyone has their own definition of true leadership. What I didn't understand at the start of my leadership journey was that each of us is a leader. Regardless of intent, we influence and impact our communities, industries, workplaces, and relationships. Yet, often we don't understand the importance or impact of simply being present. So I wanted to write a message to anyone looking to grow into engineering leadership.

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The Mistake of Not Having a Contract Test

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Sometimes, we all assume things will work in a certain manner. This assumption may be true at a given time, but can come back and bite us any day. Take a simple client-server use case. There would be some documentation around what the service looks like and basic configuration around that. But most of the time, there are some minor details every developer takes for granted, and the client-side and the server-side developer never discuss, and just a ssume.

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