My own blue life
In the Czech Republic, we have one phenomenon related to boyhood: A novelist Jaroslav Foglar. He was one of the boys' scout leaders. He...
Vzpomínky
Pospával jsem cestou autem a najednou jsem měl na patře známou ale strašně zvláštní chuť. Celkem dlouho jsem přemýšlel, co to vlastně...
Time to go
No matter what. You are leaving your team. Based on your country and your situation, you have a different amount of time. Maybe your...
Karanténa: nevýlety
Dobrovolně jsme se uzavřeli před světem. Musíme to přežít. Snažíme se z toho doma nezbláznit a docela dobře nám s dcerou funguje vaření a...
Grammarly
So, I've just bought a Grammarly. Let's see how it works (by reading this article, you'll read one other article!). I'm not a native...
When it comes to tears
It has happened to me several times: tears. No matter what's the reason, it was always surprising and always the question of how to react....
Challenge your universe
We all live in our bubbles - our family, friends, co-workers, and Friday visitors from a local pub. Some of them you like more, some of...
Career path brings happiness
I have read the book 'Drive' by Daniel Pink (you can watch his Ted Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9wDmRMtPnA). Great one....
Performance review experiment
In the last two days, I've tried one experiment with my team: the regular quarterly performance review was for the first time driven...
Promoting is not an art
In one of my previous posts, I've mentioned that someone who claims "promoting is an art" should be fired. Promoting should be well...
The extra step for senior
I'm not going to discuss how long any engineer needs to work on a certain project, how many lines of code he wrote or whether he's...
SuperMan (ager).
Even nowadays, in the dawn of the 20s, I often encounter believes that managing a team means leading them both in people and technical...
Devils in the performance reviews
During my career, I've seen several approaches to regular performance reviews. I've also tried several approaches from my side and I'm right
How do I handle my assignments (2)
In this post, I want to share another incredible tool I'm using on a daily basis. It's (drumroll...) pen & paper. Yes, these ancient artifac


