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Isabel Nyo

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14 Jul

Here Are 7 Things Only Engineering Managers Will Understand... 🧵

#engineeringmanager #management #techlead #leadership #leaddev

You find your role as a manager rewarding while at the same time you can't help but miss building and making things.
Every time you were fun and witty with your team, you worried if you should be acting more serious.

Every time you were serious, you worried about not building rapport with your team.
You struggle to believe in the value you bring to your team as you have smart and capable people working for you.

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Isabel Nyo

@eisabai

13 Jul

Today question: What does a successful software engineering career path look like? Let me answer with my personal story... (in 🧵)
#engineeringmanager #career #techlead #developer #careerintech

I started my career working as a web developer for a small web agency, doing everything from gathering requirements from customers,

designing websites in Adobe Photoshop, building backend applications, coding frontend interfaces, to looking after domain registration, hosting, etc.

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Isabel Nyo

@eisabai

11 Jul

Here are a collection of excerpts from my articles for software developers and engineers to help you in your tech career. Read all the articles in full at eisabainyo.net/weblog/2021/07… or check out the 🧵 for some key takeaways.

#developer #webdeveloper #webdev #coder #womenintech

1. Always be learning

Tutorials fatigue — it’s real. If you think you’re learning something by going through endless books, videos and tutorials then you’re simply wasting your time. Pick a few options, be it books, videos or any other format and stick with them.

Chances are what you learn in a video will be very similar to another tutorial that you’re reading on the same topic. To give you another example, I did a quick search on Amazon about React Javascript framework and there were about 700 books on the topic.

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Isabel Nyo

@eisabai

15 Apr

Today's question is on hiring and scaling a startup: Is it advisable for small companies or startups to hire a temporary consultant to build a team of developers and designers?

#agilemethodology #hiring #startup #scale #chieftechnologyofficer #cto #founder

If you’re hiring for more than 5 people, I’d personally hire a CTO, CPO or find a co-founder with prior experience in building teams first, and then work with a recruitment agency.

Because hiring or filling headcounts is not the end goal, you’ll need to make sure the new people are onboarded properly, and they have a roadmap to work on.

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Isabel Nyo

@eisabai

9 Apr

Let's talk about engineering metrics. There are 2 types of metrics you should look at when it comes to measuring the success of a software engineering team. More 🔽

#techlead #engineeringmanager #management #business #leadership #metrics #softwareteams

The first type of metric is qualitative which can be achieved by talking to customers. Many software companies use NPS (Net Promoter Score) to measure this. Looking at these metrics ensures your software engineering team is delivering value to business and customers.

The second type of metric is quantitive. They can be represented numerically and obtained scientifically.

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