Mark Côté

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

One exercise that’s been beneficial for our developer infrastructure organization in @ShopifyEng has been to define our scope of work. I share why and how we did this for the @DeveloperXM blog: https://t.co/Woww2cf6c4

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

Interestingly I also look a little like @ryanqnorth (who by the transitive property I guess also looks like Klosterman) *and* I love *his* writing so there must be some sort of mind-body genetic connection going on between looks and writing (or at least the appreciation thereof).

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

A few years ago a woman at a bar told me I looked just like Chuck Klosterman. I had no idea who that was at the time.

Since then I have come to realize that (a) I do in fact look quite a bit like him and (b) I absolutely love his writing.

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

Current grammatical pet peeve: the misuse of "lead" as the past tense of "lead". It's probably second in popularity after "it's" being misused as the possessive of "it".

Correct usage: You lead your current team; you may have led a different one before.

[Montreal Weather Records🌤 @YUL_Weather]

Today's ~6am temperature (-29.5°C) was #Montréal's coldest temperature in almost 30 years, since Jan 27th, 1994. #QcWx #YULWx

[Shopify Engineering @ShopifyEng]

@markrcote is part of the Cost Optimization Mastery: Insights from Leading Engineering Managers panel. They’ll discuss how to confront the challenges that come with managing and operating an eng organization in a cost-aware way.
📆 Jan 31 at 11 a.m.
🔗 https://t.co/TQsG52GUK5

[mike dalessio @flavorjones]

I'm heartbroken to share this news about our dear friend and colleague, @ChrisGSeaton.

[EnvironmentalDefence @envirodefence]

Canada won't commit to support the call to include a phaseout of oil, gas & coal in #COP27 cover text. India, the EU, the US have all joined the call.

Min @s_guilbeault: if we don’t have a plan to phase out fossils, then we don’t have a plan to combat climate change. #cdnpoli

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

My latest post on the Shopify Engineering Blog!

[Shopify Engineering @ShopifyEng]

The 3 management poles of Developer infrastructure teams are
1️⃣ Management support
2️⃣ System and domain expertise
3️⃣ Road maps.
There’s a natural tension that makes them tricky to ⚖️ . @markrcote shares his strategies for managing these 3 poles.
https://t.co/aqev8pJXqp

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

@wvanbergen I suppose a non-functional clock is better than a wrong one...

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

Am I the only person who fixes the time on hotel-room alarm clocks?

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

More of my developer-infrastructure mental models and thought processes.

[Shopify Engineering @ShopifyEng]

In one of our newer posts, @markrcote talks about the three management poles of Developer infrastructure teams:

1️⃣ Management support
2️⃣ System and domain expertise
3️⃣ Road maps

Check out some of his strategies to manage them. ⬇️ https://t.co/aqev8pJpAR

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

I joined @abinoda's Engineering Enablement podcast to share how and why our infrastructure group focuses on tightening feedback loops, reducing cognitive overhead, and scaling up engineering. I also talk about having a product mindset and communicating with devs.

[DX @DeveloperXM]

New podcast: @markrcote shares the story of creating the infrastructure team’s charter and guiding principles, as well as how they decide what to focus on today.

Tune in: https://t.co/mdrWL7eUWU

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

My first thought when I see a windmill is "ah maybe there's hope for us yet" and my second thought is "some people look at this and think the exact opposite".

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

9-11

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

Steps 1 & 2 of 16

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

7 & 8

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

@missjaymiedylan I mean assuming we're not already

[Mark Côté @markrcote]

@missjaymiedylan Let's skip to being old weirdos together