A few topics are interesting to reflect on. Sales-driven org vs engineering-driven org. focus vs innovation, i.e. top-down vs bottome-up product development sell what we build vs build what we can sell. I am biased. I am in the engineering org and would enjoy more if engineering decides what to…

Leaders are about empowering people to make impacts. Part of the empowerment comes from having the right people. The right people don’t mean the best people. It is more about the most suitable ones. Now the question is how to define “suitable”? That is the design. First, I need to…

In my earlier scenario about whether to adopt gRPC, I managed to establish my position. Ideally, I can convince my team or get convinced by them , so that we have alignment on the decision. Occasionally, there is conflict — difference in opinion in this case. …

My team was building a new system, where my lead developer suggested to use gRPC as the inter-service communication mechanism. gRPC is a fine and mature technology, but within our organization, my team would be the trailblazer. To come down to a decision, here is the pros and cons analysis. …

Have you ever received the feedback to be more strategic and not sure what to do? I have been, if not a million times. After grappling with it for a while, I have got a few takeaways to share. …

What is a process? It is a series of actions or operations conducing to an end. Every company has a business problem to solve — an end to reach. …

A common topic but I haven’t found a satisfying answer so far. Here is my take on it. Why does an engineering project exist? The fundamental reason is the business need. Engineers are paid to solve customer problems that provide also business values. At any moment, there will be tons…