I have been so fortunate as to be part of several young companies and starting new teams in existing organizations. This post is is a summary of my subjective observations, you should treat it as such. 1️⃣ Introduce departments too early # All young companies wants to grow up and become proper organizations. In order to get a head start, many young companies start splitting up their organizaiton into departments way too early in an attempt to look good for stakeholders and potential hires.

Jeg hadde en sjef som sa dette en gang som et velment råd. Den gangen reagerte jeg og tenkte: det var da et jævlig dårlig råd og en pussig ting å si. Grunnen til at jeg syntes det var pussig, var fordi jeg hadde vært så heldig å blitt kjent med folk i jobbsammenheng som jeg vil kalle mine venner. Antagelig sa det utsagnet med om stedet vi jobbet og om personen som sa det.

Complexity is on the one hand something which can be measured by tools to give an objective value of how complex something is. However, this is not how I’ve come to see the word used in my work as a software developers. In this article I will talk about some of the aspects tucked away in the concept labeled complexity. It tends to be used to cover up subjective opinions or believes getting portrayed as objective observations.

Tweeten over ☝er et poeng som drukner i alle råd om “hjemmekontor” og “slik jobber du best hjemme”. Dette vi holder på med nå er ikke det samme som å jobbe remote- / distribuert, faktisk er det veldig langt unna og det glemmer mange av de som kommer med velmenende råd. Jeg har jobbet remote i ca to år og det som jeg gjør i disse dager er noe helt annet.

When you are a member of a remote team, one of your most important tasks as an employee is to ensure everyone is able to see what you are up to. I have worked in a remote team for about a year and in semi-remote scenarios for an even longer period, therefor it is time to share some of my experiences on how to communicate progress (or lack there of).