_config.yml

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title: The Soft Stuff
email: jwrubel@gmail.com
description: "Openly-licensed job descriptions, interview questions, career ladders, tools and resources.

Like npm, but for technical managers and leaders."
baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
url: "" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
theme_color: '#d6e2f3'
palette:
  dark: '#040707'
  grey: '#90969b'
  background: '#ffffff'
  callout: '#d6e2f3'
  alert: '#ed575b'
twitter_username: jameswrubel
github_username:  jwrubel
author: James Wrubel
logo: assets/images/softstufflogo.png
twitter:
  username: jameswrubel
social:
  name: James Wrubel
  links:
    - https://twitter.com/jameswrubel
    - https://github.com/jwrubel

collections_dir: tools
collections:
  job_descriptions:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Job Descriptions
    about_text: "<p>This section contains links to job descriptions for various technical roles. We don't include links to posts on job boards because those aren't guaranteed to be accessible beyond the duration of the post.</p>"
  career_ladders:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Career Ladders
    about_text: |
      <p>This section contains links to career ladders and position expectations for technical staff. Not sure what a career ladder is or why your organization should have one? The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career_ladder" target="_blank">Wikipedia page</a> is a good place to start your research.</p><p>If your organization has published their career ladder, I'd love to link to it. Either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page using an existing career ladder link as a template.</p>
  okr_tools:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Objectives &amp; Key Results (OKR)
    about_text: |
      <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OKR" target="_blank">Objectives &amp; Key Results</a> is an organizational goals and objectives management framework created by Andy Grove at Intel and made famous at Google and other companies.</p><p>There are not many tools for it because it itself <em>is</em> a tool, but if you are looking for a way to set goals and objectives for your team, OKR is a great place to start.</p><p>If you've got a link to an OKR tool or process I'd love to link to it. Either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page.</p>
  1-1_meetings:
    output: true
    pretty_name: 1-1 Meeting Templates, Topics, and Questions
    about_text: |
      <p>This section is all about the 1-1 meeting. Done well, the 1-1 meeting can be the single biggest contributor to a team member's satisfaction with their job, their manager, and the company. But it's tricky to get right because of how open-ended and unstructured the meeting can be.</p><p>If you have  agendas, topic suggestions, articles, or other resources to share, I'd love to post them. Either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> for help or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page.</p>
  interview_questions:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Interview Question Banks
    about_text: |
      <p>This section contains links to questions you can use to develop technical questions for candidates, either to ask in an interview or for candidates to fill out as part of an application.</p><p>If you have questions you've developed and are willing to share, I'd love to link to it. Either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> for help or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page using an existing interview question link as a template.</p>
  interview_tests:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Technical Interview Take-Home Tests & Scenarios
    about_text: |
      <p>This section contains links to interview scenarios and take-home tests. Typically these are used in conjunction with more traditional interview questions to try and evaluate a candidate's skills. Be careful however - interview scenarios can be controversial because they take a lot of a candidate's time and can discriminate against candidates who have responsibilities that limit their availability to work off-hours.</p><p>If you have a scenario you'd like to share, either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> for help or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page.</p>
  interview_processes:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Interview Process Descriptions
    about_text: |
      <p>This section mainly includes articles, blog posts and descriptions of organizations' interview processes.</p><p>For an organization to write up and share information about their interview process, they must feel pretty strongly about it.</p><p>Since an interview process is more than just the document itself, these will take more effort to implement in your organization. Also I highly recommend getting HR involved here so you don't accidentally create a discriminatory process.</p><p>If you have an interview process you've developed and are willing to share, I'd love to link to it. Either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> for help or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page.</p>
  diversity_inclusion:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Diversity & Inclusion
    about_text: |
      <p>This section includes publications on how to incorporate D&I as key component of your organizational strategy. It also includes examples of organizations that are having success with D&I initiatives or are doing a good job of being transparent about their progress and their goals.</p><p>If you have a success story or you work for an organization that publishes D&I metrics and goals and are willing to share, I'd love to link to it. Either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> for help or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page.</p>
  managing_up:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Managing Up
    about_text: |
      <p>This is a category for individual contributors (although mid-level managers will find it useful, too). We expect our managers to have all the answers (and many of them manage like they do!), but sometimes they need a little guidance.</p><p>If you're struggling to find ways to work with your manager, or maybe you aspire to manage one day, articles in this section might help. Because this is more of a strategic topic, these tools may not be as easy to put in to practice, but they're still worth the read.</p><p>If you have an article on managing up I'd love to link to it. Either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> for help or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page.</p>
  other_resources:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Miscellaneous Resources
    about_text: |
      <p>For those rare moments when you're not looking for help fighting that one specific fight, there are some great resources you can take advantage of in your quest to become better as a leader and manager.</p><p>These aren't necessarily things you can put in to practice right away, but they're definitely worth your time.</p><p>If you have a book, article, newsletter, or other resource that you think would be valuable, please share!. Either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> for help or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page.</p>
  feedback_and_praise:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Performance Reviews, Feedback, and Praise
    about_text: |
      <p>Performance reviews and feedback are tasks that are typically brand new to people coming to management from individual contributor roles. Writing effective feedback can be a challenge for technical people who are taught to be concise when writing. And notably, younger generations find the process of performance reviews <a href="https://www.tinypulse.com/blog/difference-in-perception-between-generations" target="_blank">more stressful</a>.</p><p>But your team needs feedback and guidance on their performance. And whether we like to admit it or not, everyone likes being thanked for their work.</p><p>If you have a book, article, newsletter, or other resource that you think would be valuable, please share!. Either <a href="contributing.html#contact">contact me</a> for help or you can submit a <a href="contributing.html">PR</a> to this page.</p>
  building_culture:
    output: true
    pretty_name: Building Culture
    about_text: |
      <p>As a manager and leader your buggest impact will be on the culture. It's intangible and difficult to measure but it is a huge part of growing and retaining your team. And it changes over time; the culture you build for a group of five isn't the same as for 500.</p>
defaults:
  - scope:
      permalink: /tools/:name
      type: tools
    values:
      layout: entry

languages: ["en"]
ampdir: amp

### Google webmaster tools, Google Analytics, Doorbell and Cookie consent uncomment and put the API key
#webmaster_verifications:
#  google: verification_code
#google_analytics: id
#doorbell: appKey
#cookie_consent: true

### Build settings
markdown: kramdown
plugins:
  - jekyll-feed
  - jekyll-sitemap
  - jekyll-seo-tag
  - octopress-minify-html
  - jekyll-multiple-languages-plugin
  - amp-jekyll

### Exclude from processing.
exclude:
  - Gemfile
  - Gemfile.lock
  - node_modules
  - vendor
  - _src
  - _images
  - LICENSE
  - package.json
  - README.md
  - webpack.config.js
  - yarn-error.log
  - yarn.lock
  - config
  - optimization-fix
  - optimization-fix-this-file-is-ignored.js
  - icon.png