Engineering-Management on Jake Worth

Catastrophic Mistakes Are a Team Failure

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:11:33 -0400

If people can make catastrophic mistakes on your team, the process is broken.

How I Run a Fully-Remote Software Engineering Standup

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:31:38 -0500

I’ve been participating in fully-remote software standups every day for over a decade, and over the past two years, leading them, too. Here’s how I run the best standup meetings that I can.

Running Great Refinement Meetings

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:18:17 -0500

This year I’ve run over 25 Scrum refinement meetings; here’s what I’ve learned.

Being the Third Engineer

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:37:01 -0400

I was the third engineer hired by my company, not counting our technical co-founder. I like that position, and it seems to play to my strengths.

How to Run an Agile Retrospective for Leaders

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Retrospectives are one of my favorite engineering team practices. In this post, I’ll explain why and how I run retros.

Weekly Summary Technique for Software Engineers

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

“What did you do this week?” I’ve written a weekly summary for myself and my teams for years. It helps me think through my work and shows people what I’m working on. In this post, I’ll explain how to use this tool.