Uma ChingundeMoving off MediumMedium is a great platform and underrated in how easy it makes to publish articles. However, I’ve decided that moving it to a personal blog…1 min read·Dec 30, 2023----
Uma ChingundeYour first 90 days as an Engineering ManagerWhen I first started in a new role as an engineering manager, there were very few resources on being a good manager, particularly for…11 min read·Jan 18, 2021--2--2
Uma ChingundeManaging MigrationsEngineering projects that are either directly technology migrations or shaped like them are exceedingly common, so learning to do them…7 min read·Oct 23, 2020----
Uma ChingundeCommunicating organizational changesThe inspiration for this post was a Tweet I’ve bookmarked that goes “Never YOLO the communications plan”, from Julia Grace. Like her other…3 min read·Oct 13, 2020----
Uma ChingundePlanning a remote offsiteThe team I support has traditionally done offsites twice a year. We are very distributed and find it useful to spend time together in the…5 min read·Oct 3, 2020----
Uma ChingundePlanned creativityRecently, I led a discussion group and an interesting thread emerged on, the question of identifying interesting problems to work on. My…2 min read·Feb 21, 2020----
Uma ChingundeCareer paths and plateausLadders separated by function i.e. at a minimum separate ladders for individual contributors and managers. As organizations mature you…5 min read·May 21, 2019----
Uma ChingundeOrchestrating VMs, Cars, HumansThoughts for this post, started like most things with a common problem. Scheduling appointments on weekends to accomodate a regular weekday…6 min read·Jun 22, 2018----
Uma ChingundeThings I learned in 2017This is an unordered list of things I learned or mulled over in 2017 [1].4 min read·Jan 1, 2018----