The Effective Engineer: Edmond Lau in conversation

In this session, Suzan Bond is joined by guest author Edmond Lau to explore how to access the mindsets that will make you truly effective.

Speakers: Suzan Bond & Edmond Lau

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December 16, 2020

The most effective engineers — the ones who have risen to become distinguished engineers and leaders at their companies — can produce 10 times the impact of other engineers, but they’re not working 10 times the hours.

Key takeaways

Analyze what is the most impactful thing you can do, and focus on doing it
Tips on onboarding and investing in your team’s longer-term growth
Effective methods and best practice for improving on automation, measurement, iteration time and learning tools
Costly mistakes effective engineers know to avoid and frameworks to improve your processes and use of time

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