Franco Gotusso

Dad and engineer. Tweets about tech, leadership and startups 🔥👨‍💻🔥

[Matt Vagni @mattvagni]

I'm looking for a senior product engineer to work with us. Ideal role if you want to own problems from start to finish, be close to customers, be part of a small team & ship rapidly.

Fullstack, Remote in EU, 110k GBP/140 USD.

No recruiters/talent agencies.

https://t.co/caHUppBqdX

[Louie Bacaj @LBacaj]

9 uncomfortable truths about engineering and tech right now.

How Twitter might play out, the ramifications, and what Elon’s calculus might be.

Disclaimer: Don’t shoot the messenger. I’m relaying observations through a lens of engineering for over a decade & managing engineers.

[The Mamattorney @TheMamattorney]

If you are a mom and you are at the same professional level as men without kids, then don’t you dare have imposter syndrome. You got there despite lack of sleep and family responsibilities. You are arguably more qualified. You should have the opposite of imposter syndrome.

[Franco Gotusso @FrancoGotusso]

My presentation skills involve spending 10' on getting the copy right and 50' on finding the perfect gif.

[Rebecca Murphey @rmurphey]

In the last 9 months, working with leaders in the @stripe Developer Productivity org, I advocated for and established a team and a measurement framework to understand and improve the software engineering experience at @stripe.

[Franco Gotusso @FrancoGotusso]

@_alexfdz Me gusta en principio pero me preocuparía que el observador afectara el experimento. Sería algo así como una retro cuántica 😂

[Franco Gotusso @FrancoGotusso]

@GergelyOrosz Controversial response: many founders are ego driven, which triggers most of those behaviors regardless their previous experience

[Charity Majors @mipsytipsy]

All true.

There are two good reasons why it's harder to get promoted as an IC than as a manager (and plenty of bad ones). Think of them as numbers and ratios, for short.

[Sergio Pereira @SergioRocks]

I've worked remote for 6 years now.

During this time I've interviewed, hired and managed hundreds of people.

This is what I know about remote work👇

[Laura Tacho 🌮 @rhein_wein]

Metrics from GitHub and JIRA can't tell you how productive an engineering team is.

[Louie Bacaj @LBacaj]

The top 10 predictors of successful engineering careers.

I've helped hire 100s of engineers in my 12+ year career. I've managed and steered the careers of multiple engineering teams.

Some of these may surprise you, but I am confident they predict career success in our industry.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

One thing I suggest everyone working in tech - whether engineer, manager, product manager etc - to do is this:

Understand what your manager & skip level does: observe and ask them.

Then ask yourself: would I want that job?

I sure did not want my Director's job at Uber.

[Mitra Raman @ramannoodlez]

I've been an Engineering Manager for 6 years, at start-ups and big cos. One of the most important lessons I've learned as an EM is a key ingredient to managing well + propelling your growth that most people avoid:

💡Weekly Updates

[Job @Jobvo]

1/ It's so hard to work from home when you have little kids at home. Here is what I and other parents from @remote have learned..

Productivity for parents working from home (including lots of toy recommendations):

[Ryan Breslow @ryanbreslow]

It’s official:

Bolt is now the first tech unicorn to permanently switch to a 4 day work week 🚀⚡️🔥

Our 3 month experiment proved every core thesis:

Heightened
1/ Productivity
2/ Engagement
3/ Wellness

We’re never going back and here’s why 👇

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Your regular friendly reminder…

These datasets all have the same mean, median, and variance. Moral of the story: Always visualise your data!

[Franco Gotusso @FrancoGotusso]

Exciting times - the Remi team is growing! 🎉

Let me introduce you to our new team member @axbarsan! 👇

Little Fun fact: He’s been using Remi at his former employer and was so excited about it that he was eager to join the ride!

We are so happy to have you! 🎢

[Franco Gotusso @FrancoGotusso]

@valeriekraemer @dcwarrington Nope sorry, the ones I like are usually too small to hold that many people 😞

[Julius Bachmann @jmbachmann]

Looking for a Founders' Associate (recent grad) for JRNY!

JRNY is a consumer subscription company helping its users align their time with what really matters in their lives. We are turning behavioral science into meaningful products.

Who do we need to speak to?

[Rebecca Goerres @rebeccagoerres]

What does the #futureofwork have to do with
- Foucalt’s #panopticon
- our mission at @join_remi to make remote work more human & connected
- psychological safety?

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