---
title: "Build humane, effective engineering organizations"
description: "Engineering leadership blog by Jade Rubick"
url: "https://www.rubick.com/7/"
---

## Recent posts

[![Implementing software engineering levels (with fully-usable examples)](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/staircase.Dnw44mZu_Z11loeJ.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/engineering-levels/)

### [Implementing software engineering levels (with fully-usable examples)](https://www.rubick.com/engineering-levels/)

January 11, 2023

[#pay-equity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/pay-equity/) [#promotions](https://www.rubick.com/tags/promotions/)

[![Leaders make their own problems](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/problems.BJMPUP4E_Z1FEl9U.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/leaders-make-their-own-problems/)

### [Leaders make their own problems](https://www.rubick.com/leaders-make-their-own-problems/)

January 7, 2023

[#goal-setting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/goal-setting/) [#roles](https://www.rubick.com/tags/roles/) [#leadership](https://www.rubick.com/tags/leadership/) [#okrs](https://www.rubick.com/tags/okrs/) [#dzone-featured](https://www.rubick.com/tags/dzone-featured/)

[![A weekly project plan you will want to frame](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/project-plan.C_YQvUfC_Z2tUvfe.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/weekly-project-plans/)

### [A weekly project plan you will want to frame](https://www.rubick.com/weekly-project-plans/)

December 21, 2022

[#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#project-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/project-management/) [#agile](https://www.rubick.com/tags/agile/) [#dzone-featured](https://www.rubick.com/tags/dzone-featured/) [#hackernoon-frontpage](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hackernoon-frontpage/)

[![How to not screw up your product strategy](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/product-strategy.BzEd_HhX_Z26sN7u.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/product-strategy/)

### [How to not screw up your product strategy](https://www.rubick.com/product-strategy/)

November 8, 2022

[#goal-setting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/goal-setting/) [#prioritization](https://www.rubick.com/tags/prioritization/) [#product-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/product-management/) [#dzone-featured](https://www.rubick.com/tags/dzone-featured/)

[![Why are process gates the hellish spawn of evil you should avoid at all cost?](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/process-gates.DhYr30AG_Z1xuNR1.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/process-gates-of-hell/)

### [Why are process gates the hellish spawn of evil you should avoid at all cost?](https://www.rubick.com/process-gates-of-hell/)

September 26, 2022

[#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/) [#change-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/change-management/) [#design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/design/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#complexity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/complexity/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [#dzone-featured](https://www.rubick.com/tags/dzone-featured/)

[![If you want to be a terrible manager, focus on being a shit shield](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/shit-shield.Fv9okOd8_1Khged.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/shit-shield/)

### [If you want to be a terrible manager, focus on being a shit shield](https://www.rubick.com/shit-shield/)

July 19, 2022

[#roles](https://www.rubick.com/tags/roles/) [#company-culture](https://www.rubick.com/tags/company-culture/)

[![Learn the weekly rituals you should master as a software project manager](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/project-management.7NR8GYmX_MBSjS.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/project-manager-weekly-rituals/)

### [Learn the weekly rituals you should master as a software project manager](https://www.rubick.com/project-manager-weekly-rituals/)

July 1, 2022

[#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#project-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/project-management/) [#agile](https://www.rubick.com/tags/agile/) [#information-flow](https://www.rubick.com/tags/information-flow/) [#goal-setting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/goal-setting/)

[![Can this ownership exercise improve how you work with others?](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/role-definition.Dw2RmSiY_1Kwv9X.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/role-definition/)

### [Can this ownership exercise improve how you work with others?](https://www.rubick.com/role-definition/)

June 10, 2022

[#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/) [#onboarding](https://www.rubick.com/tags/onboarding/) [#roles](https://www.rubick.com/tags/roles/)

[![What do great engineering managers need to know about compensation and equity?](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/comp.TZYwVcjU_1bGaig.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/compensation-and-equity/)

### [What do great engineering managers need to know about compensation and equity?](https://www.rubick.com/compensation-and-equity/)

May 9, 2022

[#diversity-equity-and-inclusion](https://www.rubick.com/tags/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/) [#hiring](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hiring/) [#pay-equity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/pay-equity/) [#promotions](https://www.rubick.com/tags/promotions/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [#popular](https://www.rubick.com/tags/popular/)

[![Make changes that people will embrace](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/change.CxeL7Kpe_Z2g7FEm.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/make-changes-easy/)

### [Make changes that people will embrace](https://www.rubick.com/make-changes-easy/)

March 9, 2022

[#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#change-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/change-management/)

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