“How To Create A Great Engineering Culture”

I’ve been asked by numerous people at many jobs the question of what makes a good engineering culture.

This is my answer to that question. Enjoy!

Contents:

• Prologue - The Five “W”s
  • Who Wrote This?
  • When Was This Written?
  • Where Can This Be Found?
  • Why Did You Write This?
  • What Is This?
  • What Isn’t This?
  • Still With Me?
• Thanks
• 1 - “A Seat At The Table”
  • What It Is
  • What It Isn’t
• 2 - “Humans, Not Resources”
  • Results, Not Hours
  • Trust
  • Respect
  • Autonomy
  • No SPoFs
  • Blameless Errors
  • Lead-By-Example
• 3 - “Remote By Default”
  • Definition
  • Why Remote?
  • Remote Tools
  • What Does This Look Like In Practice?
  • …And It’s Cost Effective

License

“How To Create A Great Engineering Culture” © 2024 by Daniel Lindsley is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Note

tl;dr - You’re free to use this personally or commercially, but attribution is required.