Just sharing some of the things that worked for me:
About deciding what work is important, a mentor of mine talked to me about finding the critical path of the org. If there are layoffs, if the work is re-prioritized... which parts are more likely to stay as they are? They are usually profitable parts that still have…
Just sharing some of the things that worked for me:
About deciding what work is important, a mentor of mine talked to me about finding the critical path of the org. If there are layoffs, if the work is re-prioritized... which parts are more likely to stay as they are? They are usually profitable parts that still have a big potential. The parts that enable many other people to function properly.
About doing stuff to increase your value, I love engineering groups. There are some roles you can have outside your team (I guess in all companies there's something like this). I started being part of a design review group in my org. Around me, I find roles like this for operations, infrastructure, postmortems, and even document reviewers. Whenever the topic arises, people will ask the closest person to them who is part of these groups. They have a magnet effect, you can become the go-to person for design reviews :)
Great article, Jordan.
Just sharing some of the things that worked for me:
About deciding what work is important, a mentor of mine talked to me about finding the critical path of the org. If there are layoffs, if the work is re-prioritized... which parts are more likely to stay as they are? They are usually profitable parts that still have a big potential. The parts that enable many other people to function properly.
About doing stuff to increase your value, I love engineering groups. There are some roles you can have outside your team (I guess in all companies there's something like this). I started being part of a design review group in my org. Around me, I find roles like this for operations, infrastructure, postmortems, and even document reviewers. Whenever the topic arises, people will ask the closest person to them who is part of these groups. They have a magnet effect, you can become the go-to person for design reviews :)