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The Red Flags of Hiring

As a hiring manager, I am fine with compromising on a candidate’s technical and functional skills, as long as they demonstrate having the…

Feb 10

Feb 10

5 Underrated Traits of Exceptional Software Engineers

Don’t be a software engineer, be an exceptional one

Nov 19, 2024

5 Underrated Traits of Exceptional Software Engineers

Nov 19, 2024

Lead Software Engineer: Beyond Being Technical

Tell me about a time when you helped a software engineer in your team advance to a lead/senior position. I usually ask this question while…

Nov 10, 2024

Lead Software Engineer: Beyond Being Technical

Nov 10, 2024

Worst Advice I Received as a Manager

Early in my management career, I received varied advice from different bosses on management in software engineering. Some of this advice…

Nov 3, 2024

Worst Advice I Received as a Manager

Nov 3, 2024

Drive Growth with Forward-Looking Feedback

Feedback is a double-edged sword. When delivered well, it could improve performance, accelerate career growth and build trust. On the…

Oct 8, 2024

Drive Growth with Forward-Looking Feedback

Oct 8, 2024

Incident Management: Optimizing On-Call Processes

Providing reliable software is essential for customer retention and growth. Customers expect to use software without downtime to perform…

Oct 4, 2024

Incident Management: Optimizing On-Call Processes

Oct 4, 2024

Measuring and Improving Software Delivery Performance

Key metrics and strategies to measure software development team performance, identify bottlenecks and boost productivity

Sep 25, 2024

Measuring and Improving Software Delivery Performance

Sep 25, 2024

Sales Visit Tracking System Design: Exploring EC2 vs. Serverless Architectures

Balancing Cost, Performance, Reliability and Complexity Between EC2-Based and Serverless Architectures for Handling Critical Data

Sep 21, 2024

Sales Visit Tracking System Design: Exploring EC2 vs. Serverless Architectures

Sep 21, 2024

Common System Design Interview Mistakes: Newsletter Subscription Question

Through this article, I will walk through a system design question I often ask senior software engineers, highlighting the common mistakes…

Sep 14, 2024

Common System Design Interview Mistakes: Newsletter Subscription Question

Sep 14, 2024

Effective Onboarding for New Software Engineers

Some companies fall into the trap of misevaluating new hires during their probation period, whether they overrate or underrate them…

Sep 9, 2024

Effective Onboarding for New Software Engineers

Sep 9, 2024

Zaid Akel

Zaid Akel

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Technology leader & consultant | Working @ Amazon | Ex-Expedia | Passionate about growing engineering teams, building scalable solutions and cloud computing

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