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Foundational articles

These are articles that I think are foundational to my thinking about work and technology.

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Should you work for a consultancy or a product company?

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Flexible work is here to stay but you should choose an emphasis

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Hiring engineers in a candidate-driven marketplace

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How engineers can help deliver software effectively

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Engineering systems for consistency and impact

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How to identify a great tech organisation before you join

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How software engineers can avoid commoditisation

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20 questions for a valuable code review

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10 Useful product-thinking lessons for engineers

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Minimum viable discovery and software estimation for engineering work

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Are tools like GitHub and Jira artificially restricting improvements to your practices?

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How to prioritize too many feature requests

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