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Ian Nowland
Ian Nowland

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Configuration Should Be Treated Like Code

Amazon.com 2007 — My introduction to “servware”

Oct 9, 2022
Oct 9, 2022

7 Areas Software Dev Manager Annual Review Template

For the last 5 years, I have been using the 7 areas of software management as a rubric for how I do annual performance reviews of…

Oct 6, 2022
Oct 6, 2022

Dear Ex-Bigco New to Smallco

We are excited to have you here! We put a lot of emphasis in our interviewing for what people bring to the table in taking us to the next…

Aug 30, 2022
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Dear Ex-Bigco New to Smallco
Dear Ex-Bigco New to Smallco
Aug 30, 2022
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Managing Systems Engineers

(or devops engineers, or production engineers, or systems development engineers, or SRE-SE, or cloud engineers, etc)

Jan 18, 2021
Jan 18, 2021

Minimize Functional Hierarchies in Agile Software Development

1. Overview

Jan 12, 2021
Jan 12, 2021

Fortnightly Updates FAQ

What is a fortnight?

Jun 23, 2020
Jun 23, 2020

Management Area 4: People, Subpart 2 — Managing to Motivations

Why optimizing for business value is not the right thing for the business

Aug 20, 2019
Management Area 4: People, Subpart 2 — Managing to Motivations
Management Area 4: People, Subpart 2 — Managing to Motivations
Aug 20, 2019

Management Area 4: People, Part 1 — Understanding Motivations

It’s all about having authentically honest 1:1s

Aug 7, 2019
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Aug 7, 2019
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Management Area 3: Operations

Is the built thing going to keep running?

May 12, 2019
Management Area 3: Operations
Management Area 3: Operations
May 12, 2019

Management Area 2: Execution

How are things getting built on time and within budget?

Apr 29, 2019
Management Area 2: Execution
Management Area 2: Execution
Apr 29, 2019
Ian Nowland

Ian Nowland

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Former SVP Core Engineering@ Datadog.

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