Blogger, software engineering manager, and webcomic author
For the community in the United States, see Rands, Iowa. For other uses, see Rand (disambiguation).
Michael Lopp
At South by Southwest 2008
Born
1970
Pen name
Rands
Notable works
Jerkcity, Managing Humans, Being Geek
Website
www.randsinrepose.com
Rands is the pen name and alter ego of Michael Lopp (born 1970 in California), a blogger, software engineering manager, and webcomic author. Lopp originally used the name "Rands" as his chat room handle, and it is his persona when writing about software management.[1] Rands is his wife's maiden name, though they were dating at the time he chose it.[2] In 2010, he began working at Palantir[3] after more than eight years at Apple.[4] In June 2014 after 4 years he left Palantir for Pinterest. He became Vice President of Engineering at Slack in May 2016,[3] then left Slack in 2019 to return to Apple as Senior Director of Engineering in 2020.
^"Managing engineers: People are messy", Computerworld, August 20, 2007
^"The One About Communication". Rands in Repose. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
^ abLinkedIn Profile
^"The core of its success", The Globe and Mail, March 30, 2009
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