Leading Yourself

Goodhart's Law warns of metric misuse but offers little guidance. Discover a nuanced approach to using metrics effectively, balancing power and pitfalls. Learn to measure wisely and optimize intelligently.

Discover how to recognize and overcome the Expert Beginner syndrome in software development. Learn practical strategies for continued growth, backed by research, for both individual developers and engineering leaders.

Learn the basics of career frameworks for tech teams, from startups to scaling companies. Discover how to create clear growth paths and adapt frameworks as your organization evolves.

Discover the power of continuous learning in tech. Explore strategies for professional growth, recognize when to upskill, and embrace a lifelong learning mindset to stay ahead in the ever-evolving tech industry.

Discover how Brandolini's Law impacts tech leadership. Learn practical strategies to combat misinformation, foster critical thinking, and make better decisions in your team. A must-read guide for tech leaders navigating the challenges of information overload in the digital age.

Discover the real skills that set apart top senior engineers. Learn to balance technical expertise with soft skills and business acumen.

Explore the cognitive mechanisms behind lack of psychological detachment from work and its impact on employee well-being. Practical advice for managers and employees.

Explore the impact of epistemic learned helplessness on software engineering, and discover strategies to diminish its hindering effects on decision-making in a fast-paced industry.

Explore strategies to enhance your software engineering career, focusing not just on technical skills but also on recognition, personal branding, and visibility.

Explore the unique strengths of introverted leadership, from deep thinking to effective communication. Learn strategies to leverage these qualities for success in leadership roles.

Explore how mental models like first principles thinking, intellectual humility, and other related concepts can foster innovation, creativity, and effective problem-solving.

Zoom fatigue is a real phenomenon, resulting from prolonged virtual meetings. This post explores its causes, including cognitive overload and lack of movement, and provides practical tips to combat it. Learn how to improve your virtual meeting experience and increase productivity.

Two useful motivation frameworks for engineering managers who want to understand what actually helps people do good work.

A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that occurs when we are processing and interpreting information in the world around us and affects the decisions and judgments that we make.

The problem with burnout is that we don’t know how to recognize it. This post helps with quantifying the symptoms and see where you land.

The most common mistakes new engineering managers make, why they happen, and how to correct them early.

Being a successful engineering manager is not easy. Learn about the 4 key ways of failure you need to watch.

These four kinds of personalities and mindsets are holding your product development back.

We have a mechanism that creates unhappiness, difficulty changing habits, relationship problems, frustration, anger and disappointment. We are usually not aware of this, but it is happening continuously and in all of us.

The changes COVID brought into our lives and work can affect us in profound ways. Let me share some aspects and my thoughts with you.

Everyone agrees that constant learning and having a growth mindset are fundamental to success in software engineering. Yet once you are done with onboarding at your new job as a software engineer the rat race seems to begin, leaving no dedicated time for learning.

Don't limit yourself with excuses. How you are can change and it is completely up to you.

Try this instead: every time you feel the urge to write code, instead spend the time reading or learning something related to management.

The key to progress is the temptation of constant challenge, with tasks that remain both achievable and interesting, broken up into pieces of work that are just right.