I was so surprised to hear that my colleague had worked for Google and kept it secret for so many years! 👆 said no one! If someone had worked for a reputable company, you’re going to hear about it one way or another. Some even put “ex-Facebook”, “ex-Google”, “ex-Netflix” or…

This image has floated around the internet for some years. I have been guilty of using it too. However, there are a few observations worth sharing: Almost always, it’s the guy with the wheels in his hands that shares this image to make a point. …

I recently joined Volvo Cars as a Sr Staff Engineer. Prior to that I’ve worked for 20+ years as an employee, consultant and entrepreneur at a wide range of businesses from robotics, online retail, telecom equipment, oncology information system, insurance, online banking, retail, news media, and video streaming. I have…

The automotive industry is being disrupted by 3 major trends: Electric drive-train: batteries and electric motors replacing gas and ICE (internal combustion engines). …

The freedom and flexibility of whiteboard makes it a great tool of communication. Unfortunately when the pandemic happened and we started to WFH (work from home), we found ourselves communicating through camera and microphone over VC (video conference). Luckily, the whiteboard made a quick turn back to my toolset with…

I joined Volvo Cars exactly one month ago and here are the 2 most interesting and unique things I’ve observed so far: 1. On the road workstations While the rest of the world is still trying to figure out sensible remote work policies, we already have a great next-level policy in place: all employees are…

One of the things that I catch myself doing more and more as a staff engineer is to help individuals, teams or sometimes the organisation reach clarity. I’m no oracle and this is not rocket science but in this article I’d like to go meta and clarify the process of…

What do Google, Spotify, Facebook, Amazon, Datadog and Shopify have in common? I’ve been contacted by their recruiters over the past 4 years. However, one way or another some “P” was missing in my 4P career evaluation system. Nonetheless, I have worked at Discovery, Schibsted, Philips, Klarna and a few…

A previous article discussed some practical advice when setting the SLA. In this article, let’s dissect an example SLA to see what it actually means. If you want to write one, WorkOS has a good blog post. Disclaimer: I’m not a law expert. I’m just a SRE reading through what…