Frameworks for thinking better and solving faster
There’s a common mistake I see new engineering leaders make—especially those who’ve had success before. They show up to a new team, armed with something that worked at a previous company or with a different crew. And because it worked before, they assume it’s gold. It must work here too, right? But the truth is: […]
One of the fastest ways to accelerate your career in tech is simple to say but hard to master: build trust with the people above you. Whether you’re a tech lead, engineering manager, or aspiring staff engineer, your ability to manage up is just as important as managing your team. When your manager knows they
If there’s one trait that defines strong engineering leadership—whether you’re a team lead, EM, or CTO—it’s this: Follow-through You could call it consistency, dependability, ownership or trust. But at its core, it means this: When you say you’ll do something, people can count on it getting done. Period. That doesn’t just mean writing code or
Writing reviews used to be a grind. Blank screens. Foggy memory. Wasted hours staring at clunky HR systems that feel like they were built to make the process harder, not easier. Now? I knock out reviews in record time using the ChatGPT app and the talk-to-text feature on my phone. It’s personal, fast, and actually