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Management Quality Assurance

Ben's Blog

Interestingly, one of the first things that you learn when you run an engineering organization is that a good Quality Assurance organization cannot build a high quality product, but it can tell you when the development team builds a low quality product. What is the quality of your company’s written performance reviews?

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

No rule is ever absolute no matter how it sounds when one writes a blog. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. I learned how to retain employees when stock options were no longer a real currency. I learned how to do a pipeline review with sales people without getting bullshitted to.