Is it cynical to do what your manager wants?

If you’re a competent software engineer at a large tech company, your time is in very high demand. Lots of people will want you to do things…

You can go a long way as a software engineer without ever managing to think clearly. The feedback loop of writing and running code is so…

Saying no to leadership is sometimes necessary when you’re at the helm of a project. Whether they’re proposing a timeline that can’t be…

Don’t be a JIRA ticket zombie! I think a common experience among ambitious juniors - certainly I did this once - is to get frustrated at the…

My blog has gotten a lot of traffic in the last few months. Here’s what I think I’ve been doing that’s working, and a few things that have…