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Insights and mental models for engineering leadership and management.
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2026
(7)
Aug 05
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Effective Leadership Is About Outcomes Not Simply Interpersonal Skills
Leadership
#leadership
#decision-making
#interpersonal-skills
Jul 15
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Tech leadership involves mediating excessive product requests and engineering builds
Leadership
#leadership
#engineering
#excessive-demands
Jul 03
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Startup Hiring Pitch of Unlimited Autonomy Is Usually a Lie
Leadership
#career-growth
#focus
#leadership
Jun 18
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Design Document Gaps Foster Engineer Decision-Making and Issue Discovery
Leadership
#leadership
#design-docs
#engineer-empowerment
Apr 16
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Asking the right question is more important now
Leadership
#leadership
#ai
#critical-thinking
Mar 25
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Influence Is How Good Ideas Survive in Organizations
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#leadership
#alignment
#communication
Jan 30
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Weak Leadership Revealed By "I" Instead of "We
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#leadership
#communication
#ownership
2025
(6)
Dec 18
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Leadership across companies expects AI to magically cut time-to-ship in half.
Leadership
#leadership
Nov 27
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Be more prepared for your 1:1s than your manager.
Leadership
#leadership
Sep 21
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High Probability of Bad Outcome Doesn't Equal Bad Decision
Leadership
#leadership
#decision-making
#risk
Jun 15
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Collaboration Is Better Than Competition in Many Cases
Leadership
#leadership
#collaboration
#communication
May 26
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Availability Bias Leads to Optimizing Visible Not Actual Problems
Leadership
#leadership
#availability-bias
#communication
Mar 05
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Don't just bring problems to your manager; bring solutions.
Leadership
#leadership
2024
(7)
Oct 29
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Looking for Ability and Culture-Fit While Recruiting
Leadership
#leadership
#ability
#culture-fit
Oct 02
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Comfort and Competition - Know When to Switch Gears
Leadership
#career-growth
#leadership
Aug 06
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Stop Leaving Money on the Table - Negotiate Your Job Offer
Leadership
#career-growth
#interviews
Jul 23
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Quantify your resume, Know Your Numbers
Leadership
#career-growth
#information-retrieval
#leadership
Jul 15
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The Importance of Being Likeable in Interviews
Leadership
#career-growth
#interviews
#leadership
May 08
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Building a Blameless Culture for Team Success
Leadership
#leadership
#blameless-culture
#experimentation
Jan 23
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All good engineers I have worked with were active listeners ⚡
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#leadership
2023
(5)
Dec 12
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Good engineering managers hire well to free up time
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#leadership
#engineering-managers
#hiring
Sep 13
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Do not shy away if you get boring projects at work ⚡
Leadership
#leadership
Aug 09
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Three Key Attributes for Hiring Engineers and Leaders
Leadership
#leadership
#bias-for-action
#curiosity
May 22
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Ambitious versus achievable goals, learn both traits
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#leadership
#goal-setting
#managerial-styles
May 04
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Engineering Leaders Focus on High-Impact Projects
Leadership
#leadership
#engineering-leadership
#hiring