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Your Best Engineer Might Be Your Worst Manager
Feb 12, 2025

Your Best Engineer Might Be Your Worst Manager

The real reason your brilliant engineers fail as managers

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
How to Build a Business That Survives Chaos
Feb 05, 2025

How to Build a Business That Survives Chaos

3 ER visits in 15 days taught me more than most founders learn in a year. Why? Because crisis strips away everything except what matters.

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
How to Pick the Right Technical Partner
Jan 29, 2025

How to Pick the Right Technical Partner

After 2 decades, I've seen every technical hiring mistake—here's how to avoid the biggest ones.

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
Stop Giving Yourself Too Much Time: The Hidden Law That's Killing Your Productivity
Jan 22, 2025

Stop Giving Yourself Too Much Time: The Hidden Law That's Killing Your Productivity

The universal law of wasted time

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
How to Actually Hire Great Engineers
Jan 15, 2025

How to Actually Hire Great Engineers

Putting engineers through the wringer vs. real-world execution

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
Heads Up vs. Heads Down Engineers
Jan 10, 2025

Heads Up vs. Heads Down Engineers

The 2 types of engineers every startup needs

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
Surton's Record-Breaking Growth in 2024
Jan 01, 2025

Surton's Record-Breaking Growth in 2024

A year in review

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
Why Contract Engineers Are Your Best Business Move
Dec 23, 2024

Why Contract Engineers Are Your Best Business Move

Everything I've learned about building high-performance engineering teams using contractors.

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
Surton Wasn’t Supposed to Work. That’s Exactly Why It Did.
Dec 18, 2024

Surton Wasn’t Supposed to Work. That’s Exactly Why It Did.

The founding story of Surton

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
How to Build Engineering Teams That Scale Without Breaking
Dec 11, 2024

How to Build Engineering Teams That Scale Without Breaking

The team structures I've used to build 100+ successful engineering orgs, from startup to scale-up.

Chris Reynolds
Chris Reynolds
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