Ksenia Burlachenko

Siberian in California. Engineering manager. Detests hot weather. She/her. ✨

[Ksenia Burlachenko @thisiskseniab]

👋

(logging off for now)

[Matt Farr @philosofarr]

Overheard a university student say “Arctic Monkeys were my dad’s favourite band when I was little.” The passage of time is relentless, unfathomable, cruel, and unforgiving.

[Ksenia Burlachenko @thisiskseniab]

@kellyleland these people are ruining everything!

[Ksenia Burlachenko @thisiskseniab]

I am still upset at the world because *they* decided gif reactions are not cool anymore. How am I supposed to express myself now??? With words??? GOD NO

[Rachel Leggett @rleggos]

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

A staff developer who works in isolation and presents only fully-formed solutions is not a staff developer.

[Nick Kapur @nick_kapur]

Mundane Halloween is back!

Japan does Halloween better than anyone, but best of all is the annual "mundane Halloween" contest sponsored by website @dailyportalz.

The point is to dress up as something super ordinary.

Here are some of my favorites from this year...

[Tawanda Nyahuye👨‍💻 @towernter]

Backend developers trying to write CSS

[Ksenia Burlachenko @thisiskseniab]

A fantastic feature of a website: you can't unsubscribe from a newsletter when your account is no longer active 😅

[dinosaur @dinosaurcouch]

4 stages of grief

[Ksenia Burlachenko @thisiskseniab]

@brianloveswords Wait there is a plot???!

[Alexis Gay @yayalexisgay]

venture-backed CEOs after laying off half the company

[Ksenia Burlachenko @thisiskseniab]

@michaelgorsuch Good.

[Ksenia Burlachenko @thisiskseniab]

@michaelgorsuch Now I know how you feel about our 1:1s, thanks, man.

[Sam @sambhigham]

I created this image a little while ago to visualise different ways I've seen Product Teams work.

Someone asked me to explain them a little further...so I shall...(1/8)

[dinosaur @dinosaurcouch]

tomorrow

[Senior Oops Engineer @ReinH]

A lot of managers, especially those from an engineering background, think that management is about doing stuff: defining rules, policies, and procedures; assigning tasks; creating external incentives; fixing problems.