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Mario Caropreso

Mario Caropreso

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Aug 4, 2025

Effective Positioning for Engineering Managers

Should you be coding as an Engineering Manager? It’s not a yes/no. Learn the 2x2 framework for an effective positioning as a Manager.

Effective Positioning for Engineering Managers

Mario Caropreso

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Aug 20, 2024

The Map is not the Territory

How to balance Operational Excellence and project delivery.

The Map is not the Territory

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Mario Caropreso

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Feb 13, 2023

The Alternative to Performance Reviews for Software Engineers

Learning and development reviews

The Alternative to Performance Reviews for Software Engineers

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Mario Caropreso

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Aug 17, 2022

The False Trade-off Between Quality and Speed

Let’s dive deep into why even the best teams trade quality for speed, and how you can help the team avoid doing it.

The False Trade-off Between Quality and Speed

Mario Caropreso

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Jan 15, 2019

Enable your organization to operate with less information

“Confronted with a task, and having less information available than is needed to perform that task, an organization may react in either of…

Mario Caropreso

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Jan 15, 2019

Forgetfullness is a Property of All Actions

If the man of action, in Goethe’s phrase, is without conscience, he is also without knowledge: he forgets most things in order to do one…

Mario Caropreso

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Jan 15, 2019

Don’t Kill the Fun

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create…

Mario Caropreso

Mario Caropreso

I love creating products customers love. Currently Senior Engineering Manager at Meta. Previously at Yammer (Microsoft) and Amazon. Opinions are my own.

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