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A Gift for Your Future Self

The Expert's Curse: When Expertise Becomes Your Blind Spot

You're Testing in Production With Your Career

Three Times I Thought I Was Failing (But Was Actually Learning)

The Rise of the Nerd Athlete

Feedback Loops for Career Success

The 'Competing Priorities' Trap: Why Important Work Never Gets Done

The Time I Became A Manager - A Senior Principal Engineer's Story

Mid To Staff Engineer In Two Years By Job Hopping

On When To Scale

Start Your New Year’s Resolutions Now

A European Developer Journey In Big Tech

The Invisible Victim of AI: A Job No One Predicted

The #1 Mistake You're Making with Your Mentor (And How You Can Avoid It)

How I Almost Didn't Become A Staff Engineer

High-Quality Inputs

Breaking the People-Pleasing Trap

Massive Career Growth Through Acting

Grinding My Way to Work-Life Balance

Nobody Is Watching — The Spotlight Effect

Long-Term Thinking Is Uncomfortable

Well-Defined Problems

Tell Me Where I'm Going To Die

Why You Aren't Listening

The Simple Truth About Free Time

Turning 42: The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything

When I Think I Have It Rough

From Liberal Arts Major To Amazon Principal Engineer (Part 2)

From Liberal Arts Major To Amazon Principal Engineer (Part 1)

What Red Lobster Can Teach Us About Your Career Moves

How To Time-Travel

The Simple Way To Build A Stellar Personal Brand At Work

How To Do Side Projects While Working

Effectiveness vs. Efficiency

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You Don’t Need A Mentor Relationship, Do This Instead

Pick And Choose Your Spots For Maximum Effort

What People Get Wrong About Leverage, Scale, And Growth

Seize Opportunities Before They Expire

Airplane Mode Is The Best Productivity App

Boredom Is My Secret Weapon

Why Software Estimates Are Always Wrong

Focus On Inputs Not Outputs

How To Be An Effective Writer

Things I Hate About Amazon (Part 2) - Return To Office

Nobel Prize Disease

Front-load Everything

Things I Hate About Amazon (Part 1)

Earthquakes, Layoffs, and Reorgs

[Part 2] I Am Quitting My Job At Amazon

I Am Quitting My Job At Amazon

Being Exceptional But Not The Best

Manufactured Crises And Overcommitting