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Use Git data to optimize your developers’ annual reviews

TechCrunch

So here’s a run down of why you need data to set up a fair annual review process; if not this year, then you can kick-start it for 2021. This data will clearly show you if one of your engineers is over capacity or underworked and the types of projects they excel in. Three Git metrics can help you understand true performance quality.

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Use these metrics to get the most out of your engineering team

CircleCI

I’ve been leading software teams for more than 20 years and one thing I’ve learned about metrics is that leaders tend to put too much emphasis on engineering metrics alone, without considering the bigger picture. Morale metrics. Business metrics. Velocity metrics. Change lead time. Sprint velocity.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Communication Assessment for Recruiters

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

For instance: A project manager must excel in conflict resolution and stakeholder presentations. A software developer needs to articulate technical ideas and collaborate with teams. For example: A software engineer could be asked to explain a technical concept to a non-technical stakeholder.

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Forecasting 2023 Recruiting Trends With 6 Experts

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Hough is a Web2 and Web3 software engineer, AWS Community Builder, host of the Tech Stack Playbook YouTube channel/podcast, a 5-time global hackathon winner, and a tech content creator with 10k+ followers. Rado: Engineering managers should be able to do “more-with-less” in the coming year. Never give up.

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Learning Agility: What is It And How to Measure It?

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

In the year 2004, two academicsMiachael Lombardo and Robert Eichingercoined the term learning agility and described it as one of the key metrics to measure leadership potential. Coding challenges Coding challenges can help tech leaders evaluate a candidate’s ability to think critically, solve problems, and adapt to new situations.

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How to build confidence as an engineer: an interview with Glen Mailer, CircleCI Staff Software Engineer

CircleCI

In this series, we pulled aside folks from across our engineering department to talk about confidence. From the technical executives to folks on the ground in engineering, management and site reliability, we wanted to know what “confidence” meant to them, and how it had changed over the course of their careers.

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Metrics-driven engineering leadership: How to elevate the visibility of your distributed team

Netlify

Some leaders have attempted to gather metrics around velocity, estimation and other measures, but in many ways these numbers have fallen short. At Netlify, we’ve found that choosing the right metrics and focusing on the team rather than the individual can motivate the entire team to consistently deliver great results.

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