It always wanted, and never got to start writing about my professional life. In the past years, a discovered that I learn best when I explain it to someone else. It helps me reflect on my learnings.
In this case, my blog is my rubber duck, but for learning.
What topics do I want to cover
In May 2019 I am starting something new, leaving XING, and joining the ZINSLAND crew. We are up to great things. This is a new start, and I want to take the opportunity and write down some of my learnings and prepare for the new role.
The higher-level topic would be “Leadership in the context for Software Engineering”. I want to cover some of these areas:
- How to lead a Team of Software Engineers
- Self-Leadership
- How to prepare for a new role as a manager
- How to hire a new team
- Discover yourself: What is the role of an Engineering Manager
- My personal learnings so far
How I do it
In my past “attempts” to figure out how and what to write, I was soon entangled in technical problems. I didn’t even start to write. This time, I wanted to focus on the content and minimize the technical setup phase. After a short time-invest, it came down to this setup:
- Free GIT repository with Bitbucket
- Hugo as my general framework for writing markdown (written in GO, which I also find more and more compelling)
- AllinOne Theme from Orianna with some custom modificatons
- Netlify for static file hosting
- Cloudflare for my DNS management
- Grammarly for spellchecking (I am not a native English speaker)