6 Minute Software Development

Product Minded Engineers

Topics: What is a Product Minded Engineer  Highlight some of their key traits How can you become more of a product minded engineer? Gergely Orosz - The Product-Minded Software Engineer About the host: I'm Josh Hornby, a software developer from Manchester, England. I enjoy building software and managing development teams. With nearly a decade of software development experience, I understand the connections between strategy, development teams, and business goals. I'm currently ...

How to Write Better Developer Job Ads

Topics: First impressions count, you should aim to impress candidates at all stages of the application process Should you be paid for time spend working on tech tasks? The structure of a good job advert Share real examples of the work you can be expected to do at the company, list recent projects the team has worked on Basecamp always post great job descriptions, this one is no different. About the host: I'm Josh Hornby, a software developer from Manchester, England. I enjoy ...

How can you measure the health of your development team?

Show Notes: Questions I use to measure the health of a development team: Does the team use source control? Is code peer reviewed? Can you make a build in 1 step? Do you make a build every time a change is merged? Do you fix bugs before writing new code? Do you write tests to verify a bug before fixing the bug? Is the code coverage greater than 80%? Do you have an issue tracking system? Does your team have the best tools? Do you have automated unit, integration and system ...

What I wish I knew as a Junior Software Developer

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Book Review: An Elegant Puzzle By Will Larson

Show Notes: Buy "An Elegant Puzzle" on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3sWx7aT Some great resources on Will's blog First 90 Days as CTO - https://lethain.com/first-ninety-days-cto-vpe/ Model -> Document -> Share -https://lethain.com/model-document-share/ 11 take aways from An Elegant Puzzle - https://twitter.com/joshua_hornby/status/1347865100242350081 Find me on Twitter - @joshua_hornby If you like the show then you'll enjoy my monthly newsletter, it contains lots of interesting st...

3 Tips for Efficient Software Project Management

Show Notes: You can find my thoughts on managing software projects on my blog Find me on Twitter - @joshua_hornby If you like the show then you'll enjoy my monthly newsletter, it contains lots of interesting stuff related to software engineering & tech leadership.

Book Review: 5 Takeaways from The Manager's Path by Camille Fournier

Show Notes: Buy "The Manager's Path" on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3syl1V3 Find me on Twitter - @joshua_hornby If you like the show then you'll enjoy my monthly newsletter, it contains lots of interesting stuff related to software engineering & tech leadership.

1-to-1 Meeting Advice for Software Development Managers

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Ship More Features With This Development Strategy

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