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. They believe they have what is needed to get to the next
The Red Dot Makes You Reactive
Notifications can easily get out of hand and interrupt your creative flow. This is disruptive because getting back “in the zone” or “in flow” takes a while.
Why Management May Not Be Right For You
Should you switch from an IC to EM? I often talk to engineers who are interested in making the big jump to management and becoming engineering managers.
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 customers. It can be a stressful part
Nurturing a System Mindset
What is a system mindset, and why is it important? We often talk about analyzing failures (or outcome), but we should instead focus on the decision process.