Articles by Gergely Orosz
Scaling Engineering Teams via Writing Things Down and Sharing - aka RFCsAn Uber engineer shares their lightweight Request For Comments (RFC) process that has provided visibility, helped standardize tech and architecture choices, and successfully scaled to thousands of engineers.
- Things I've learned transitioning from engineer to engineering manager
Gergely summarizes what worked well for him as he transitioned from senior engineer to engineering manager: the importance of mentors, understanding the new role's priorities, deciding on a time and task management strategy, goal-setting, and taking the time to learn, experiment and reflect.
- Developers mentoring other developers: practices I've seen work well
Gergely discusses mentorship practices that work well engineer-to-engineer, guidance on being an effective mentor, and suggestions for finding mentors.
- The Product-Minded Software Engineer
Gergely summarizes 9 traits he's observed in product-minded engineers, and tips for any engineer to become more product-minded.
- Tech Debt
Gergely explains how to become aware of technical debt, how to keep tech debt to a minimum, and what is the right amount of tech debt to keep.
- How I Do (Hopefully) Fair Performance Reviews for Software Developers
Gergely summarizes his approach to performance reviews, with templates, and covers: • Prerequisites for fair perf reviews: levels, competencies, expectations • Bad performance reviews • Three observations about perf reviews at tech companies • How I do performance reviews: preparation, writing the review, removing bias & delivering it • Example performance reviews - and templates
- Yes, You Should Estimate Software Projects
Gergely discusses the importance of good communication in the case of missed estimates, and the value of estimates and deadlines in encouraging focus and reflection.
