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It was amazing 2024, on to 2025

Work-life balance -> key to long-term career success

Why engineers hate meetings and how to fix it

How to handle underperformance

LinkedIn guide for engineers and managers

8 signs that you have a good manager

3 main soft skills a Tech Lead needs to develop

How teaching made me a better engineer and manager

The whole University IT system stopped working 😱

CPTO: A role every company should consider?

From laid off to hired: A Software Engineer’s guide

Leading 1 team vs 3 teams vs 5+ teams

How to become a Fractional CTO?

12 ways to become a CTO

Should you do on-call rotations in your engineering org?

How I organized my time as a full-time CTO

Discipline over Motivation in the engineering industry

When should you buy vs build in Software Development

Simple code is the best code

Grow in your career by organizing an engineering guild

How to use engineering metrics for the success of engineers and teams

Software Engineering team structure that works

You have an AI product, how to get users?

Engineering org structure that works

The importance of data when making decisions in the engineering industry

It’s been amazing 2 years of writing the Engineering Leadership newsletter 🥳 🎉

Why your job search is failing as an engineer or a manager (and how to fix it)

Growing from engineer to Staff engineer and thriving

You don’t need to be a manager to have a successful career in the engineering industry

Become the engineer everyone wants to work with

The importance of having a career growth plan in the engineering industry

Engineer’s guide to convincing your Product Manager to prioritize technical debt

Empathy is a superpower in the engineering industry

Good managers are hard to find and once you have them, they should be appreciated

How to propose an impactful improvement to the codebase and own the implementation

Perfectionism - one of the biggest productivity killers in the engineering industry

How to build good relationships inside and outside your engineering team

How to have a top performing, healthy and active day as an engineer or a manager

How to let your manager know about your goals and aspirations

My process for writing this newsletter

I am not a fan of heroism in the engineering industry

Become the go-to engineer in your organization

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Senior Engineer to Lead: Who to promote and how to train them

Deadlines are not so bad, I’ll tell you why

How to grow from mid-level to senior Software Engineer

Timeless skills in Software Development

How to become a CTO

How to build credibility in the engineering industry

How to prevent burning out in the engineering industry

Going from impostor one day to feeling like a superhuman the next day

How to recognize the potential in engineers

Great teams build great software

How to manage up as an engineer or a manager

From Tech Lead to Team Lead

Simplifying as much as possible is the way to go in the engineering industry

Context-switching - one of the worst productivity killers in the engineering industry

Blameless culture should be a standard in the engineering industry

Engineering is more about people than tech

The importance of forming opinions in the engineering industry

How to start, grow and monetize your engineering newsletter

A CS Degree is not needed to be successful as a Software Engineer

The importance of personal branding in the engineering industry

Keep a brag list of the wins you achieved, thank me later

100+ resources to become a great engineering leader

The power of questioning your first instinct in the engineering industry