Nobody gets promoted for simplicity
We reward complexity and ignore simplicity. In interviews, design reviews, and promotions.
We reward complexity and ignore simplicity. In interviews, design reviews, and promotions.
‘What do you think?’ without a position isn’t a question — it’s a task assignment. State your opinion first.
The best career opportunities don’t necessarily come from your manager. They come from seeing potential in the boring work already on your plate.
Why I stopped consuming content at 2x speed, and the simple rule that changed how I listen to everything.
The one skill that separates senior folks from everyone else isn’t technical. It’s the ability to take ambiguous problems and make them concrete.
The companies building AI are spending billions to acquire engineers, not replace them. Here’s why your job is safer than you think.
Most engineers think workplace politics is dirty. They’re wrong. Refusing to play politics doesn’t make you noble; it makes you ineffective.
Let me tell you something that will happen after you become a manager: you’re going to mess up. A lot.
AI coding tools boost productivity but may sacrifice the deep satisfaction developers experience when writing code by hand. What are we losing?