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Where Engineers End Up

Often, I end up relating my own experiences in industry to other software engineers and managers to help them in their careers. At times, it's someone on the same team at work, one...

Career Advancement in Large Teams

I had a chance to chat with someone who recently joined one of the major tech companies[1] as an engineering manager. Upon settling into their team, they were disappointed to learn that the actual...

Midlife Work Crisis

A while back, I came across this interesting take on professional careers, and an observation on how they generally fall into 3 stages: Three crucial skills that leaders must develop to become executives To summarize,...

The Management High Road

Oooof. Tech Twitter lit up last week on the drama surrounding Basecamp and their announcement of new company policies, centering around a ban on societal and political discussions on official company forums. For those unfamiliar,...

Balancing Ambition

I saw this post a while back, from an ambitious engineer reflecting on their career thus far and the allocation of time spent in advancing that career versus opting for the comfortable and familiar: How...