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How AI Will Affect Your Career
Will Software Engineering Be Automated and What To Focus On
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How To Influence Without Authority
Getting Others To Prioritize Your Projects
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How To Onboard
Career Cold Start Algorithm, Landing Code Fast
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How To Drive Meetings
A necessary skill for growth to Senior
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Efficient Communication
Writing vs Speaking
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5 Skills the Best Engineers I Know Have in Common
With actionable tips on how to develop them
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6 Software Engineering Templates I Wish I Had Sooner
Design docs, postmortems and more
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Top 3 SWE Skills I Picked Up On The Job
When I look back on my career, I realize I’ve learned most of what I’ve needed on the job. Most of this learning came through observation. I worked…
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Setting Up Cross-Team Workstreams
A Critical Skill for Both Senior and Staff Engineers
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Protect Your Time
A Necessary Skill for Career Growth
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Be Visible
This week I’m sharing a unanimous learning that came from a “Journey to Staff Engineer” panel I was part of. It is a small change that can have a big…
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Why Engineers Need To Write
I hated writing in high school. It wasn’t objective like my favorite subjects, math and science. It also didn’t help that we had to write about old…
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