What is Platform Engineering?
I like to summarise it as follows...
- Treat your development teams as clients
- Abstract environment and tooling complexity
- Enable self-service in a cost-effective, secure manner that is manageable at scale
Another round of layoffs...
Another round of layoffs at my company. A whole team of 4 slashed, Engineering Manager, Vice President not spared. All in all 8 made redundant in a company of around 100.
With the tech layoffs going around the world, I feel this is the new normal. Hiring and firing will continue. We have to accept a level of risk now wherever we are working.
The only advice:
- Give your best, but not at expense of your own time
- Be more visible with your work
- Work to enhance relationship with your peers, not with the Company
- Always focus on your own learning and skills so you are hirable
Happy new year!
2023 comes to a close, we achieved so much in this year and lots more to do in 2024 ...
Team Platform Engineering
Sessions with team to completely transform our way of working.
Every extension is also an amputation
Marshall McLuhan coined this phrase. The gist is that while technological innovation extends human capability, it reduces other faculties of human skills.
Every extension is also an amputation...
The other day I didn't had the luxury of Google Maps, and I was amazed to find out that I had hard time navigating routes that should have been fimiliar to me.
Starting work full-time remote
When I first started Working from home 5 days a week, I found it very challenging to concentrate on work (at home). A friend gave a great tip: Create an office space in your home that you only enter when you have to work. This helped me program my mind when to start work and when to stop.
Since setting up my dedicated office space, I've noticed a significant improvement in my productivity and focus. I've also found that having a clear boundary between work and personal life has helped me avoid the temptation to check work emails or take work calls during my personal time.Â
