“furhan is vice president and head of engineering at Shopify”
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Farhan Thawar
furhan is vice president and head of engineering at Shopify
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Strategy4 steps
Build Infrastructure, Not Features
Ask 'what has to be true so anyone could build this in an hour?' and build that instead.
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Peak Performance3 steps
Calories Per Hour: Intensity Over Hours
Get more done per minute instead of working more minutes, then go home.
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Mindset3 steps
Choose the Hard Path
When choosing between options, pick the harder one because it wins whether or not it works out.
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Leadership4 steps
Job Trials Over Interviews
Interviews don't predict performance; make the interview as close to the real job as possible.
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Productivity4 steps
Meeting Armageddon
Once a year, delete every recurring meeting and forbid new ones for two weeks.
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Self-Mastery4 steps
Merge With the Unreasonable
Don't try to become a visionary; find one and connect your APIs to theirs.
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Leadership4 steps
Pair Programming as a Management Tool
Two people on one computer isn't half the code, it's the fastest path to the right code.
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Self-Mastery3 steps
The Personal Values Framework for Career Decisions
Write down what you actually care about, then reject anything that violates it, no matter how shiny.
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Leadership4 steps
The Six-Week Review Operating Cadence
Short, frequent check-ins where leaders pair on problems, not catch you slacking, create velocity.
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