The Best of Gergely Orosz
10+ most popular Gergely Orosz articles, as voted by our community.
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Gergely Orosz on Distributed Systems
Distributed architecture concepts I learned while building a large payments system
I joined Uber two years ago as a mobile software engineer with some backend experience. I ended up building the payments functionality in the app - and rewriting the app on the way. Afterwards, I…
Gergely Orosz on Mentoring
Developers mentoring other developers: practices I've seen work well
How does mentoring work? I asked this question ten years into my software engineering career when I joined Uber. Until then, I've never received or done mentoring, or at least never put this label on…
Gergely Orosz on Scrum
How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of Scrum
A survey of how tech projects run across the industry highlights Scrum being absent from Big Tech. Why is this, and are there takeaways others should take note of?
«Higher pay, justified by higher leverage. Companies that leverage engineers well, have no trouble paying close to the top of the market, or above it.»
Gergely Orosz on Software Engineering
Software Architecture is Overrated, Clear and Simple Design is Underrated
I had my fair share in designing and building large systems. I've taken part in rewriting Uber's distributed payment systems, designing and shipping Skype on Xbox One and open-sourcing RIBs, Uber's…
Oncall Compensation
Which companies pay for oncall, and how much? Philosophies across the industry for paying for standby duty and numbers from 80 companies.
Gergely Orosz on Technology
What Big Tech layoffs suggest for the industry
Microsoft, Amazon and Salesforce have announced large layoffs in January. What will these events mean for the rest of the industry?
Gergely Orosz on webdev
The State of Frontend in 2022
Analysis of The State of Frontend survey with 3,700 respondents. What engineering practices and technologies are gaining momentum in the field?
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Holiday Book Recommendations for Engineering Managers, Software Engineers and Product Managers
Books perfect as reading or gifts during the end-of-year break for those working in tech. 95 book recommendations. I’ve always found books are an underrated way to learn something new. Great books…
Shipping to Production
Approaches for shipping code to production reliably, every time.
Coaches and Mentors for Engineering Managers and Engineering Leaders
I sometimes get asked if I do mentoring of engineering leaders - managers, directors or senior+ engineers. While my weekly newsletter covers topics relevant for these folks, I have little to no…
Operating a Large, Distributed System in a Reliable Way: Practices I Learned
For the past few years, I've been building and operating a large distributed system: the payments system at Uber. I've learned a lot about distributed architecture concepts during this time. I've seen…
Growing a Junior-Heavy Team
Approaches to level up team members, and the realities of teams with fewer experienced engineers.
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