We discuss our Christmas break, books, and how to structure work when the engineering department is growing fast.

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<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38459780-the-books-of-earthsea" rel="nofollow">The Books of Earthsea</a> by Ursula Le Guin</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness" rel="nofollow">The Left Hand of Darkness</a> by Ursula Le Guin</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_description" rel="nofollow">Design Doc</a></li>
<li><a href="https://18f.gsa.gov/2021/07/06/architecture_decision_records_helpful_now_invaluable_later/" rel="nofollow">Architecture Decision Record</a></li>
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<li>You can reach us via email at <a href="mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it" rel="nofollow">hosts@expandingbeyond.it</a>.</li>
<li>You can follow us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/podcast_eb" rel="nofollow">@podcast_eb</a>.</li>
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Where to find Monica on the internet:

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<li>Website: <a href="https://monicag.me/" rel="nofollow">monicag.me</a></li>
<li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/KFMolli" rel="nofollow">@KFMolli</a></li>
<li>Github: <a href="https://github.com/nirnaeth" rel="nofollow">@nirnaeth</a></li>
<li>Blog: <a href="https://dev.to/nirnaeth" rel="nofollow">dev.to/nirnaeth</a></li>
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Where to find Urban on the internet:

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<li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ujh" rel="nofollow">@ujh</a></li>
<li>Github: <a href="https://github.com/ujh/" rel="nofollow">@ujh</a></li>
<li>Blog: <a href="https://urbanhafner.com/" rel="nofollow">urbanhafner.com</a></li>
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The intro and outro music is <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Happy_Music/Our_Big_Adventure" rel="nofollow">Our Big Adventure</a> by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes" rel="nofollow">Scott Holmes</a>. It&#39;s licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" rel="nofollow">Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)</a>.

Episode 39: I have a very senior team. What do I do about it?

Monica and Urban discuss their work life as developers and development managers.