corpus.blog
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"published_at": "2017-04-10T03:49:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbde-f1e6-737c-8aa4-f9601cf9beec", "title": "Optimism is your worst enemy", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/optimism-worst-enemy/", "published_at": "2017-04-10T03:41:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbde-f1e6-737c-8aa4-f9601db024df", "title": "Ever get your priorities \"re-aligned\" by your boss?", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/ever-get-priorities-re-aligned-boss/", "published_at": "2017-04-10T03:37:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbde-f1e6-737c-8aa4-f9601dbcad1b", "title": "The Wrong Section of the Bookstore", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/wrong-section-of-the-bookstore/", "published_at": "2016-12-12T18:15:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbde-f1e6-737c-8aa4-f9601dc78062", "title": "But I miss building things…", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/i-miss-building-things/", "published_at": "2016-07-25T21:55:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9adcec47b9", "title": "Changing Jobs, Changing Roles", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/changing-jobs-changing-roles/", "published_at": "2016-06-15T22:59:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9add1c605f", "title": "What to do the first two weeks as a new manager for an existing team", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/first-two-weeks-new-manager-existing-team/", "published_at": "2016-04-22T16:51:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9ade028e37", "title": "[Video] Stop coding production tasks, seriously.", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/video-stop-coding-production-tasks-seriously/", "published_at": "2016-03-02T14:50:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9ade8b2047", "title": "The Real Work of (Software) Management", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/the-real-work-of-software-management/", "published_at": "2016-02-16T19:48:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9adf4fc304", "title": "Which developer on your team is looking for a new job?", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/the-real-reason-your-developers-quit/", "published_at": "2016-01-08T15:26:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9adf69b94f", "title": "3 Steps to having that conversation that you are dreading, today", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/3-steps-to-resolve-conflicts/", "published_at": "2015-07-07T17:06:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9adfe20911", "title": "Chapter 12: The Answer to the Dreaded Annual Review: No Surprises", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-12-the-answer-to-the-dreaded-annual-review-no-surprises/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T17:43:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9ae0a379ec", "title": "Chapter 11: Defusing Frustrating Situations with Gentle Corrections", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-11-defusing-frustrating-situations-with-gentle-corrections/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T16:49:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9ae15f8eea", "title": "Chapter 10: New Manager’s Playbook–Having Difficult Conversations With Employees", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-10-new-managers-playbook-having-difficult-conversations-with-employees/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T16:45:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe2-3d09-708a-b910-0f9ae1d8763c", "title": "Chapter 9: The Case for Weekly Meetings, Why an Old-School Schedule Gets Leading-Edge Results", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-9-the-case-for-weekly-meetings-why-an-old-school-schedule-gets-leading-edge-results/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T16:26:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe5-6f9c-7253-8868-6cc1d354c260", "title": "Chapter 8: A Real-Life Handbook for Making Delegation Work for You", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-8-a-real-life-handbook-for-making-delegation-work-for-you/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T16:16:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe5-6f9c-7253-8868-6cc1d42f03c8", "title": "Chapter 7: How to Manage Your Clients", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-7-how-to-manage-your-clients/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T16:11:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe5-6f9c-7253-8868-6cc1d4b1be22", "title": "Chapter 6: Straight Talk on Your Team’s Expectations of You", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-6-straight-talk-on-your-teams-expectations-of-you/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T15:50:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe5-6f9c-7253-8868-6cc1d5a0f744", "title": "Chapter 5: What Nobody Told You About Being an Agency Owner", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-5-what-nobody-told-you-about-being-an-agency-owner/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T15:44:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe5-6f9c-7253-8868-6cc1d66813ab", "title": "Chapter 4: How to Really Put Down the Tools and Get Back to Being a Manager", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-4-how-to-really-put-down-the-tools-and-get-back-to-being-a-manager/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T15:40:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe5-6f9c-7253-8868-6cc1d744ac86", "title": "Chapter 3: Putting Down the Tools", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-3-putting-down-the-tools-avoiding-the-1-mistake-all-new-software-company-owners-make-in-a-crisis/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T15:36:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe5-6f9c-7253-8868-6cc1d764c77f", "title": "Chapter 2: Fantasy vs. Reality–When Running a Dev Shop Isn’t What You Imagined It Would Be", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-2-fantasy-vs-reality-when-running-a-dev-shop-isnt-what-you-imagined-it-would-be/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T14:19:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe5-6f9c-7253-8868-6cc1d79f3fe7", "title": "Chapter 1: Lead from the Podium–6 Essential Concepts New Managers Miss", "url": "https://marcusblankenship.com/chapter-1-lead-from-the-podium-6-essential-concepts-new-technical-agency-owners-miss/", "published_at": "2015-04-21T13:53:44+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2017

I just watch them move a pile of lumberoriginal ↗
22 May 2017
Don’t tell, ask.original ↗
19 May 2017
His radical candor left me speechless.original ↗
18 May 2017
"Why doesn’t anyone listen to me?"original ↗
17 May 2017
Can you taste motivation?original ↗
9 May 2017
Surprise your boss in your next 1:1original ↗
8 May 2017
The brain wants what it wantsoriginal ↗
5 May 2017
Who would you rather have on your project?original ↗
3 May 2017
When NOT releasing is the right thing to do.original ↗
2 May 2017
Would you trust earwax flavored jelly beans?original ↗
1 May 2017
Its all engineering, but not all of engineeringoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2017
The brilliance oforiginal ↗
27 Apr 2017
[Video] Q&A: I am an un-happy developer. What do I do?original ↗
26 Apr 2017
"They just want to be left alone and code."original ↗
26 Apr 2017
[Video] DevLeads, stop coding production tasks. Seriously.original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] Resentment will kill your team…original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] Why I chose to be a Software Manager (and you should too!)original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] Q&A: How do I teach developers to be more self reliant?original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] Q&A: My developers keep getting stuck!original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] The Number #1 Complaint I hear…original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] One-on-One 101:How to ask for feedbackoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] Help my dev turned in crappy code!original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] Q&A: My developer keeps flaking out on me!original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] "I don't feel like a great man."original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] "I will fire you"original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] How not to fire your developeroriginal ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] Quality vs Speedoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2017
Can you go home again?original ↗
25 Apr 2017
[Video] What is Shame Driven Development?original ↗
25 Apr 2017
"We don't have control over our ambition."original ↗
24 Apr 2017
How do you know it is too big before it is too late?original ↗
21 Apr 2017
[Video] The dark side of pointsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2017
[Video] Crying in my officeoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2017
[Video] Are you expecting perfection?original ↗
21 Apr 2017
[Video] 5 questions to ask when you hear "your code sucks"original ↗
21 Apr 2017
[Video] Your code yardoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2017
Do you suffer from floccinaucinihilipilification?original ↗
21 Apr 2017
"We're sneaking in training and improvements"original ↗
19 Apr 2017
How do you deal with 30 resumes per day?original ↗
19 Apr 2017
Wrangle your storiesoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2017
The results of my Slack experimentoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2017
"Why is it taking so long?"original ↗
19 Apr 2017
What's your PR review goal?original ↗
19 Apr 2017
Home runs or times at bat?original ↗
19 Apr 2017
That time I fell off a clifforiginal ↗
19 Apr 2017
Unicorns shmunicornsoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2017
What I saw when I turned my head to the leftoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2017
Humble provocateuroriginal ↗
13 Apr 2017
Saying "Sayonara."original ↗
13 Apr 2017
She's just not that into you :(original ↗
13 Apr 2017
scuffing the shoesoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2017
Yours, mine and ours.original ↗
13 Apr 2017
Joyful technical leadershiporiginal ↗
13 Apr 2017
What is "high-quality LMX"?original ↗
13 Apr 2017
Eat dessert firstoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2017
Notice when something amazing happens in your 1:1soriginal ↗
13 Apr 2017
Ruining your 1:1 meetings with 'optimizations'original ↗
13 Apr 2017
Why millennials hate your open door policyoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2017
Are you abusing agile burn-down (or up) charts?original ↗
13 Apr 2017
When you have a relation you speak the same language.original ↗
13 Apr 2017
Are you a Debt Drunk?original ↗
13 Apr 2017
Why your boss doesn't care about "Tech Debt"original ↗
13 Apr 2017
Agile, you've been a bad friend.original ↗
13 Apr 2017
A 4-year old moralityoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2017
Lies programmers telloriginal ↗
12 Apr 2017
Blindsided by a happy developeroriginal ↗
12 Apr 2017
"That word makes my blood boil."original ↗
12 Apr 2017
Are you in "the friend zone"?original ↗
12 Apr 2017
Don't pretend it didn't happen.original ↗
12 Apr 2017
Stepping on the shoesoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2017
Do you love blank stares?original ↗
11 Apr 2017
Q&A: How did you know you wanted to be an engineering manager?original ↗
11 Apr 2017
Death by 1,440 cutsoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2017
Would you count moving a meeting from 1:30 to 2:30 as a broken promise?original ↗
11 Apr 2017
You don't have the balls for this job.original ↗
11 Apr 2017
[Video] "Your code was hard to maintain."original ↗
10 Apr 2017
Optimism is your worst enemyoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2017
Ever get your priorities "re-aligned" by your boss?original ↗
10 Apr 2017

2016

The Wrong Section of the Bookstoreoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2016
But I miss building things…original ↗
25 Jul 2016
Changing Jobs, Changing Rolesoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2016
What to do the first two weeks as a new manager for an existing teamoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2016
[Video] Stop coding production tasks, seriously.original ↗
2 Mar 2016
The Real Work of (Software) Managementoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2016
Which developer on your team is looking for a new job?original ↗
8 Jan 2016

2015

3 Steps to having that conversation that you are dreading, todayoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2015
Chapter 12: The Answer to the Dreaded Annual Review: No Surprisesoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 11: Defusing Frustrating Situations with Gentle Correctionsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 10: New Manager’s Playbook–Having Difficult Conversations With Employeesoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 9: The Case for Weekly Meetings, Why an Old-School Schedule Gets Leading-Edge Resultsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 8: A Real-Life Handbook for Making Delegation Work for Youoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 7: How to Manage Your Clientsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 6: Straight Talk on Your Team’s Expectations of Youoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 5: What Nobody Told You About Being an Agency Owneroriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 4: How to Really Put Down the Tools and Get Back to Being a Manageroriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 3: Putting Down the Toolsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 2: Fantasy vs. Reality–When Running a Dev Shop Isn’t What You Imagined It Would Beoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Chapter 1: Lead from the Podium–6 Essential Concepts New Managers Missoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
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