--- title: "Posts tagged \"hacker-news\" - Engineering Leadership Blog" description: "All posts about hacker-news" url: "https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/" --- # Posts tagged: hacker-news 9 posts [← View all tags](https://www.rubick.com/tags/) [![Should QA exist](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/landscape.CfcXaY8R_1419L.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/should-qa-exist/) ### [Should QA exist](https://www.rubick.com/should-qa-exist/) March 26, 2026 [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#quality](https://www.rubick.com/tags/quality/) [#ai](https://www.rubick.com/tags/ai/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [![The best approach I've seen for hiring junior engineers](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/new.C99SzMu5_IBDSF.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/hiring-new-engineers/) ### [The best approach I've seen for hiring junior engineers](https://www.rubick.com/hiring-new-engineers/) August 11, 2023 [#hiring](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hiring/) [#mentorship](https://www.rubick.com/tags/mentorship/) [#onboarding](https://www.rubick.com/tags/onboarding/) [#recruiting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/recruiting/) [#dzone-featured](https://www.rubick.com/tags/dzone-featured/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [![Steel threads are a technique that will make you a better engineer](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/thread.DusLDsby_Z1mCDJc.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/steel-threads/) ### [Steel threads are a technique that will make you a better engineer](https://www.rubick.com/steel-threads/) March 5, 2023 [#software-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/software-design/) [#project-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/project-management/) [#architecture](https://www.rubick.com/tags/architecture/) [#feature-flags](https://www.rubick.com/tags/feature-flags/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [#hackernoon-frontpage](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hackernoon-frontpage/) [#dzone-featured](https://www.rubick.com/tags/dzone-featured/) [#popular](https://www.rubick.com/tags/popular/) [![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/) [![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/) [![Great engineering teams focus on milestones instead of projects](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/milestone.DgUDeseG_21KifB.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/milestones-not-projects/) ### [Great engineering teams focus on milestones instead of projects](https://www.rubick.com/milestones-not-projects/) December 7, 2021 [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#project-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/project-management/) [#prioritization](https://www.rubick.com/tags/prioritization/) [#agile](https://www.rubick.com/tags/agile/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [#popular](https://www.rubick.com/tags/popular/) [![No-bullshit tenets for faster decision-making](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/tenets.Cf9wOH4f_K3w5q.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/tenets-for-faster-decisionmaking/) ### [No-bullshit tenets for faster decision-making](https://www.rubick.com/tenets-for-faster-decisionmaking/) September 17, 2021 [#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/) [#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#coordination-models](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models/) [#coordination-models-centralized](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models-centralized/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [![How to build silos and decrease collaboration (on purpose)](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/silo.sVgn1fJk_gzJOn.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/how-to-build-silos-and-decrease-collaboration/) ### [How to build silos and decrease collaboration (on purpose)](https://www.rubick.com/how-to-build-silos-and-decrease-collaboration/) August 25, 2021 [#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/) [#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#company-culture](https://www.rubick.com/tags/company-culture/) [#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#information-flow](https://www.rubick.com/tags/information-flow/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [![Demo-driven development](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/fast.CCzgP2H7_Z2qJDum.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/demo-driven-development/) ### [Demo-driven development](https://www.rubick.com/demo-driven-development/) February 6, 2021 [#project-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/project-management/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [#popular](https://www.rubick.com/tags/popular/)