/tags/culture/ Recent content in culture on Further Heitz Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Kelly Heitz Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/liner-notes-for-a-venn-diagram/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /post/liner-notes-for-a-venn-diagram/ At a friend’s job, they ask newcomers what the kids movie song for their career would be. It’s an oddly revealing question (I suppose unexpected queries have that advantage even if I think asking someone how many golfballs would fill a schoolbus is pretty obnoxious. I’m not sure that it’s any more ridiculous and aggravating than making experienced professionals design high scale systems alone on a whiteboard in front of a panel of dudes named John and Dave) /post/eng-culture-abominable-snow-monster/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /post/eng-culture-abominable-snow-monster/ What is a good engineering culture even? The DORA 2023 report came out in October, and I’m just catching up with it now. This year’s report subtitle? Culture is everything. And I agree. I feel like it’s important to note at the outset of this post that DORA is directed at uncovering approaches to software engineering that result in consistent delivery of the most business value. Sometimes when I talk about engineering culture, I feel like many people perceive it as a soft concern.