Looking forward to reading it when you publish the revised version, though I'm unsure how I would know. (I guess I should check and see if you have RSS)
I wish the civility rules were enforced here a bit more stringently sometimes.
It is sad to see that more often than not, the top comments on any article are overly negative or even vitriolic and any interesting discussion languishes deeper in the article.
I read your draft, and it is full of excellent advice. Some of it being which I also find very important, some which gives me food for thought and some which I am happy to be reminded of again. I look forward to your finished post.
What I noticed from the draft: There's nothing obvious about Google per se, in terms of the material. It could be company X you've been working at. Also, insights cumulatively cover junior dev, senior dev, and some manager experiences. So, audience for this particular piece was not clear to me.
I am surmising this piece complements your "Efficient Engineering" work-in-progress. I'll be curious to read that too.
Similarly, it'd likely be possible to learn many of the same findings at other companies -- Google (and the author) have been fortunate to encounter lots of tricky scaling and human issues in technology, and to evaluate potential strategies to deal with those, and it's good to see that knowledge shared.