Career
57 articles
- Relentlessly focus on the outcomes
- Engineering levels aren't about skill anymore
- Quick note on evals and putting AI in your resume
- Software engineer interviews for the age of AI
- The best engineers just get shit done, sometimes with AI
- Put scope on your resume
- Probably the realest thing I ever wrote
- GeLLMan amnesia
- The 3 curves that make a scalable business
- A tough job market is the best time to start something
- 2025 Year in Review
- What makes your resume stand out
- The job behind the job [of a high level IC]
- Feedback is a strange thing
- The grind won't get you there
- Should you join an AI startup right now?
- What makes a senior engineer
- You're a business
- Depth takes time
- Code yourself out of the job
- The score takes care of itself
- Why system design is my favorite interview
- Yes, AI will "take" your job. No, you won't mind
- The Tour of Duty approach to career
- Interviewing tips for experienced engineers
- Some personal news
- 6 books engineers should read
- Code yourself out of the job
- Your resumé has a job
- When to stay at a company
- I'm a different engineer than I was 3 years ago
- The 3 budgets
- What to put on your resumé
- How to go from Senior to Lead
- Trust your wings, not the market
- Why write
- How many years to senior engineer?
- Clarification on how ownership makes careers
- Ownership makes careers
- How one sentence guides your career
- How positioning makes you stand out from the crowd
- Why a tech meltdown is the best time to invest in your career
- Your background won't get you the job
- "If you're so good, why aren't you making 600k at BigTech?"
- Own your career like an expert
- In case of layoffs
- Can you stay a senior engineer forever?
- On becoming tech lead
- Reader question: Work at a big international or a local studio?
- Grow your career ... in this economy??
- Always have 3 answers
- When to join and leave a company, project, or trend
- Getting from junior to senior
- Pay yourself first
- Tips for a fulfilling tech career
- Why you need a positioning statement
- You're not asking for a job, you're selling a service