Designing for Scale

Why It’s Important to Lead With Curiosity

Throughout my engineering career, I have tried to approach many situations with curiosity.

Oct 20, 2022 • Wissam Abirached

Leaders Should Not Work in Hero Mode

The Elon Musk vs Twitter saga pushed me into writing an article about a topic that I’ve been postponing for too long.

Oct 11, 2022 • Wissam Abirached

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August 2022

Thoughts on my First 90 Days at Stripe

I initially intended to only share this post internally at Stripe.

Aug 27, 2022 • Wissam Abirached

March 2021

My Best Advice for New Hires

I recently hired four new engineers for the API team at GitHub.

Mar 24, 2021 • Wissam Abirached

✨ Worksheet: Introducing Engineering Design ✨

As a follow-up to my story about Introducing Engineering Design, I share the step-by-step guide I put together for my team when I first introduced this…

Mar 16, 2021 • Wissam Abirached

Two Stories About Transitioning to Engineering Management

I recently published 2 new stories about Engineering Leadership on Plato.

Mar 13, 2021 • Wissam Abirached

July 2020

How to Supercharge Your Engineering Career

I often talk to engineers who feel stuck in their current position and struggle to get much progress on getting promoted.

Jul 10, 2020 • Wissam Abirached

May 2020

The Red Dot Makes You Reactive

The infamous red dot associated with notifications makes us reactive.

May 27, 2020 • Wissam Abirached

Why Management May Not Be Right For You

I often talk to engineers who are interested in making the big jump to management and becoming engineering managers, but they're not sure if it's the…

May 16, 2020 • Wissam Abirached

How to Build Trust Through Estimates

An important part of your work in software engineering is to provide estimates or level of effort to your stakeholders: your boss, your peers, and your…

May 10, 2020 • Wissam Abirached

April 2019

Nurturing a System Mindset

I recently listened to a Tim Ferriss podcast interview with Safi Bahcall, a physicist turned biotech entrepreneur, where Bahcall was talking about…

Apr 16, 2019 • Wissam Abirached

February 2019

Leaders Should Speak Last

Having transitioned to an Engineering Management role 6 months ago, one of the biggest challenges I had to overcome was learning not to immediately…

Feb 11, 2019 • Wissam Abirached