Alex AitkenScaling InnovationIt’s been a long time since I sat down to write out my thoughts. Over the past couple of years, I’ve been working on my MBA. I successfully…Aug 21, 2023Aug 21, 2023
Alex AitkenincodeburstEmbrace Your Inner EngineerWhen I first started at Traveloka, I realised that there are some good engineering practices, but other practices could be improved. It’s…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
Alex AitkenRoundtable: What Makes a Great Engineer?Recently I had a roundtable discussion with my engineers on what makes a great engineer. What are the traits that you would like to see in…Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020
Alex Aitken1:1S — DON’T FOLLOW MY ADVICELast year, I wrote a post after about 6 months being a manager of a rather large team (two pizzas would definitely not be enough to feed…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Alex AitkenLeading in Uncertain TimesUnfortunately, the world has gone a bit upside down over the last few months. We’ve seen countless layoffs across many different…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Alex Aitken6 Things to do when training Engineers to be ManagersI was recently given the opportunity to train an engineer in my team to take over my role. This engineer volunteered to become a people…Feb 13, 2020Feb 13, 2020
Alex Aitken1:1s — QuestionsWhen I started my 1:1s a few months ago, I kept asking the same questions over and over. In fact, I found that I wasn’t really learning…Jun 28, 2019Jun 28, 2019
Alex Aitken1:1s How I Learn to SupportQuick intro: I recently switched my career path. I was a tech lead, which basically means that I lead a project but I had no reports, and…Mar 5, 2019Mar 5, 2019
Alex AitkenincodeburstAdding a Shared Script for JenkinsRecently, we discovered that we had a lot of duplication in our build scripts. Pretty much the same copy+paste code everywhere (we have a…Oct 1, 2018Oct 1, 2018
Alex AitkeninHackerNoon.comLeading RemotelyI went rogue! I did it. I led a team remotely (within the same country, of course). But to be honest, I can’t say too much changed while I…Sep 24, 2018Sep 24, 2018
