Unlocking Your Potential: The Mentee’s Journey

On October 24, 2024October 19, 2024 By Magda MiuIn 1. Leadership & Personal DevelopmentLeave a comment

Being a mentee is like having a seasoned explorer by your side, offering invaluable insights and tips as you navigate your career journey. It’s a chance to learn from the wisdom and experiences of someone who’s been there, done that, and is eager to share their knowledge.

This article, just like the one about being a mentor, is a guide with insights and inspiration, carefully curated from diverse sources. The goal of this guide is to help you understand the benefits of mentorship, learn how to find a suitable mentor, build a strong mentoring relationship, and ultimately become an exceptional mentee. Hope you will enjoy it!

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Unlocking Potential: The Mentor’s Role

On September 2, 2024August 30, 2024 By Magda MiuIn 1. Leadership & Personal DevelopmentLeave a comment

Mentoring is often seen as a one-way street focused only on giving. While it undoubtedly involves sharing knowledge, experience, and support, it’s a significantly reciprocal journey. By guiding others, mentors rediscover their strengths, sharpen their insights, and find new perspectives. It’s a chance to give back while gaining a deeper understanding of oneself and the world. Mentoring is a fulfilling exchange that enriches both mentor and mentee.

This article is a mix of insights and inspiration, carefully curated from diverse sources. This is how I’ve crafted a roadmap that doesn’t just provide information, it empowers you with the tools and strategies to become an exceptional mentor.

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Mentoring – LOG Framework

On March 28, 2024October 18, 2024 By Magda MiuIn 1. Leadership & Personal DevelopmentLeave a comment

Based on research, mentoring has a powerful positive impact on an individual’s professional growth and is no longer a “nice to have”. It’s essential for teams and organisations that want to thrive within a post-pandemic world. I truly believe that everyone has something to share and everyone has something to learn. Each person can maximize their potential by gaining knowledge, confidence, and skills through access to a mentoring experience.

In this series of articles, I would like to cover more about the power of mentoring and the major advantages of being a mentor and mentee. I will share practical ideas about how to be a wonderful mentor and mentee and how to use mentoring to achieve your objectives.

Table of contents:
🚀 What is Mentoring
🚀 Mentor vs Sponsor vs Coach
🚀 Mentoring – Code of Conduct
🚀 The LOG Framework
🚀 Conclusion

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The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

On March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 By Magda MiuIn 1. Leadership & Personal DevelopmentLeave a comment

“You have two eyes, two ears, but only one mouth. You should use them accordingly.”

“The Culture Map” by Erin Meyer provides a framework to understand the most common business communications challenges that are present when you are working in a global context, with colleagues or stakeholders from different cultures.

By assuming that culture does not matter, our default mechanism will be to view others through our own cultural lens and to judge or misjudge them accordingly.

To be successful in a cross-geo context we need to have an appreciation for cultural differences as well as respect for individual differences because both are essential. Cultural patterns of behavior and belief frequently impact our perceptions (what we see), cognitions (what we think), and actions (what we do).

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Prometheus for Managers – Alerting

On February 29, 2024February 12, 2024 By Magda MiuIn 2. System EngineeringLeave a comment

This post is the last one from the series “Prometheus for Managers”. In the second article from this series, the one about Prometheus Architecture, I touched on what Alertmanager does. So to recap, Prometheus allows for setting up alerts based on defined thresholds or conditions and AlertManager handles these alerts and sends them as notifications to multiple channels like email, slack, PagerDuty, etc.

The table of contents for this article:

1️⃣ Recording Rules
2️⃣ Alerting Rules
3️⃣ AlertManager Config
📚 Resources

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Leadership Circles™ at Adobe – A Personal Journey

On February 1, 2024February 2, 2024 By Magda MiuIn 1. Leadership & Personal DevelopmentLeave a comment

“Leadership Circles develops leaders who drive their own personal leadership, their own career and their own success at Adobe” – this was the phrase that started the amazing experience called “Leadership Circles”.

Leadership Circles offered me the opportunity to expand my perspective and think more strategically about my career and my role at Adobe. It was an exceptional experience that helped me to refresh my vision and work more intentionally so I can achieve it. I also had the privilege of meeting outstanding leaders across Adobe, engaging in an enlightening coaching experience, and participating in mindful and empathetic mastermind group sessions.

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Prometheus for Managers – PromQL

On January 4, 2024January 28, 2024 By Magda MiuIn 2. System EngineeringLeave a comment

Welcome to the third part of our series on Prometheus for Managers. In the previous two parts, we explored the fundamentals of Prometheus, its role in system monitoring, and the various types of metrics it captures. Today, we embark on a deeper dive into PromQL, the powerful query language that unlocks the insights hidden within Prometheus data. This query language allows users to perform ad-hoc queries, filtering, aggregations, and analysis on the collected metrics.

In this article we will cover:

⛳ The main concepts relevant to effectively use PromQL
🧐 Deep dives on vectors, selectors & matchers, and functions

Let’s start this new journey! 😉

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Prometheus for Managers – Prometheus Architecture

On October 29, 2023January 28, 2024 By Magda MiuIn 2. System EngineeringLeave a comment

This article serves as a continuation of our series dedicated to Prometheus, designed specifically for managers aiming to harness the power of Prometheus within their teams. While not delving into intricate technical details, it provides essential insights and architectural concepts necessary for managers to make informed decisions and effectively leverage Prometheus in their organizations.

In this article we will explore the following areas:

🔖 Prometheus Terminology
🧐 Prometheus Architecture Deep Dive

So, let’s begin!

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Prometheus for Managers – Intro

On June 12, 2023January 28, 2024 By Magda MiuIn 2. System EngineeringLeave a comment

This article marks the beginning of a series dedicated to Prometheus. These articles are specifically tailored for managers who aim to leverage Prometheus within their teams. While the content will not delve into excessive technical details, it will encompass sufficient information and concepts to enable managers to effectively utilize Prometheus.

Specifically, I will cover:

🧐 What is Prometheus
🖥️ Operational monitoring
📊 Metrics vs Events
🧩 Strategies for handling large volumes of data

So let’s get started!

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Top 3 Challenges After Becoming an Engineering Manager

On February 11, 2023February 11, 2023 By Magda MiuIn 1. Leadership & Personal DevelopmentLeave a comment

Becoming an Engineering Manager is a significant career milestone for many engineers or tech leaders. As a manager, you are responsible for leading a team of technical experts, overseeing the development of projects, and ensuring that the work is delivered on time and at the highest quality. However, the transition from an individual contributor to a manager is not without its challenges.

One of my mentees asked me about the challenges I faced after taking on my new role as an Engineering Manager, so this article will provide insights and my recommendations on how to overcome them. These challenges include balancing technical and managerial responsibilities, leading and inspiring a team, and effective communication. For each challenge I proposed 3 solutions.

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