Running an engineering team has evolved into a philosophical profession for me. I lean heavily on principles to make decisions and gain perspective on hard problems. Principles can be defined in 3 ways as a truth, a belief, or a moral standard. More specifically, a principle is anything that's based…
Aristotle taught that to achieve a virtuous and contented self that we must consciously choose to do what is right. Doing the right thing, can and often does lead to suffering. He defined two intellectual virtues: sophia and phronesis. You will often see these words translated as wisdom and self-knowledge…
Whenever I start working with a new programming language, or trying to figure out how to expertly detail my car. I often go looking for a set of best practices. Over my life, I start looking for these sets of best practices earlier and earlier in the process. The realization…
As a leader of a small business, my chief job as a direct manager is really to help them maintain the velocity. We maintain a series of processes that I supervise which my team asks questions and needs clarifications throught the day. In our day-to-day work, ideally 80% or more…