Adam Keys is Thinking

Delegating: supporting teammates, delivering the right context, setting good outcomes/goals.

Not delegating: managing/mitigating risk, resolving unknowns. “Delegate downhill work, tackle uphill work.”

🤔 Compilers are at once magic and the closest thing to mechanical tools in a software developer’s experience.

✍🏻 Reflecting on using Shape Up for the past few years…

• Managing a backend engineering team at Pingboard.
• Managers can, and should, do deep work. What forms does that take?
• You can build anything from trust; how do you turn accountability into agency amongst teams?
• How can I get more writing/editing/publishing practice in?
• Meditating & reading