One of the most important tools I discovered in the management toolbox are one-to-ones (or 1:1s, or 1-to-1s, or… whatever you call a regular, frequent and structured discussion with teammates) Although they seem innocuous, they yield the most power regarding the relationship between manager and team contributors, but also between…

Coding interviews are quite infamous, especially with more senior developers. The main arguments against them are that they don’t properly assess skills, are not matching any reality of the job, and are time-consuming for both the hiring team and the candidates. Whether they are “whiteboard” coding, live coding, or coding…

With the transition from individual contributor to Engineering Management comes the responsibility to hire (usually). There’s a lot of do’s and don’ts out there, and the books you can find are usually written by seasoned managers, at well-known well-funded companies. …

This article is the second part detailing some key differences between AVs and Human drivers that we experienced while building the Bestmile Platform. The first part can be found here Part 1/2 “What would a robotaxi do?” Can robots and humans share a common language? Different levels of “smartness”, different…

At Bestmile we like to say we have built our platform with Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) first in mind. …

Coauthored with Pascal Rodriguez and Gregory Marti I remember our early production deployments at Bestmile, back in 2016. There were three main software components at the time. …