Daniel Korn

Senior Director of Engineering at Lemonade

I love building teams that build products people love.

Recent Posts

Building an onboarding plan for engineering managers

Published: 31 Mar, 2024 at 06:00 AM

Almost all organizations will have onboarding plans for software engineers, but what about engineering managers?
Managing Managers: Words of Wisdom From Experienced Engineering Executives

Published: 5 Jan, 2022 at 05:13 PM

I Asked Managers of Managers I Look Up To for Advice As I Transitioned From Team Lead to Director of Engineering
How to Successfully Join a Company as Engineering Manager

Published: 13 Mar, 2021 at 04:44 AM

In mid-2020 I joined Lemonade as Engineering Team Lead. Here are 4 things I did to succeed.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Pandas

Published: 22 Mar, 2020 at 04:03 AM

Three lessons from my three years at BigPanda

Recent TILs

Shutdown Mac from the Terminal

Published: 26 Oct, 2019 at 12:47 PM

How to shutdown, restart and put your Mac to sleep from the terminal
Skip Tests in Mocha

Published: 12 Jul, 2019 at 03:41 AM

Dynamically skip JavaScript tests at runtime with Mocha
Timemachine for Visual Testing

Published: 3 Apr, 2019 at 11:21 AM

Monkey patch the `Date` object and override system time

Recent Talks

It's Time to Pay Off Your Management Debt

Published: 2 Nov, 2024 at 07:00 PM

Explore management debt's impact on organizations, uncovering inefficiencies and missed opportunities. Learn actionable strategies to identify, track, and eliminate management debt for sustainable growth.
What do you mean there's no onboarding plan for engineering managers?

Published: 31 Mar, 2024 at 06:00 AM

A four-week onboarding process for engineering leads that emphasizes peopleware, tech leadership, and delivery management
Rick and (post)Morty

Published: 18 Jan, 2020 at 02:03 PM

Everyday Engineering Lessons Learned from 'Rick and Morty' - A talk combining software engineering, the animated sitcom Rick and Morty, and numerous memes