Principles From Twenty Years of Software Engineering
A Senior Staff Engineer's work principles from twenty years as a software engineer.
Software engineer, aspiring father of the year.
I'm Rocky Warren, a software engineer based in Denver. I've ridden across the United States on a motorcycle, across Canada on a train, and across Iowa on a bicycle. I also take notes. This site is a collection of those potentially helpful to others.
Reading List
Some of my favorite articles along with their ChatGPT-produced summaries.
Thinking in Systems Summary
Ideas are easy. Execution is everything. Objectives and Key Results (OKR), popularized by Intel, Google, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Slack, Spotify, and...
Measure What Matters Summary
Ideas are easy. Execution is everything. Objectives and Key Results (OKR), popularized by Intel, Google, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Slack, Spotify, and...
Work
- Company
- Clipboard
- Role
- Senior Staff Engineer
- Date
- Company
- Brale
- Role
- Founding Principal Engineer
- Date
- Company
- Vertex Software
- Role
- Principal Software Engineer
- Date
- Company
- Dwolla
- Role
- Principal Software Engineer
- Date
- Company
- Crucible
- Role
- Co-founder
- Date
- Company
- John Deere
- Role
- Lead Software Engineer
- Date
- Company
- University of Iowa
- Role
- Software Developer
- Date
- Company
- Collins Aerospace/Raytheon
- Role
- Software Engineer Intern
- Date