MBA Washing

“MBA Washing” refers to the phenomenon where individuals, often with a strong theoretical or academic background but limited recent practical experience, adopt and reinterpret industry-specific terminology and cultural movements. – This reinterpretation is typically influenced by their academic learning, recent literature, and biases towards larger enterprise perspectives. As a result, the original intent and practical effectiveness of these concepts, such as DevOps or Platform Engineering for example, may be diluted or misrepresented. ...

November 13, 2023 · 3 min · 560 words · Sam McLeod

Encourage Your Peers To Contribute To Open Source

Contributing to Open Source is important to the quality and maintainability of the software and engineering communities we rely on every day - so why is it that so many developers/engineers never participate? ...

October 30, 2022 · 3 min · 535 words · Sam McLeod

Making Work Visible - Avoid DMs

We create more value by having conversations in public instead of behind closed doors. ...

October 20, 2022 · 6 min · 1071 words · Sam McLeod