Alok

Director Engineering | Creative technologist | Human centric innovation | Speaker. Views and opinions are personal

[Alok @Aloksaan]

EMPLOYER- Mental well-being in the workplace is going to be our top priority.
EMPLOYEE- WOW!! So, we will have less performance pressure, better job security, and work-life balance.
EMPLOYER- No, we will do an online seminar, invite a speaker and a newsletter.
#MentalHealthDay

[Alok @Aloksaan]

Progress and direction are better and more important than speed #Leadership #Engineering

[Alok @Aloksaan]

If your technology stack is cooler than the project, then most probably it is over-engineered. #technology #Software

[Alok @Aloksaan]

Debt accumulation is a system behavior and cannot be prevented.
The only control mechanism is continuous REFACTORING.

[Alok @Aloksaan]

DEBT is the price that we need to pay for all the shortcuts we take.
Beyond the TECHNICAL debt that most of us know, I am finding it getting accumulated at other places too. Here are my notes from recent observations 🧵
#software #system #leadership

[Alok @Aloksaan]

Some of the indicators of #Organization debt
👉🏽 Lack of clarity on goals and roles
👉🏽 Lack of culture or toxic culture
👉🏽 Lack of learning environment
High attrition rates and growing customer complaints are the immediate outcomes of the debt.

[Alok @Aloksaan]

Allowing & accepting too many changes - This causes build to never finish. Perpetual beta is not just about building but testing it in the real world as well.

[Alok @Aloksaan]

Everyone desires a fast-> BUILD-TEST-LEARN cycle but then "build" takes the whole time. How to stop BUILD from eclipsing everything 🧵
#agile #startup #Software

[Alok @Aloksaan]

Bandwidth - Lack of people and resources.

The Devil is always in the detail. Don't sign off without clear commitment. HOPE is not a STRATEGY.