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Best of 2024 + Special offer on subscriptions

The unexpected benefits of gratitude and what I'm grateful for this year

Why "bias for action" is not good enough

The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast Interview + Other Updates

Planning Ahead: Premortems > Postmortems

Lessons from Projects That Didn’t See the Light of Day

5 Tips for Staying Kind, Calm, and Open During Difficult Conversations

How to Cultivate Clarity and Kindness in Your Engineering Team

How to Pick Your Battles: A Simple Framework for Addressing Issues at Work

Why Healthy Confrontation Should Be Seen as an Act of Kindness

Are You Truly Kind, or Just Being Nice?

How Much Appreciation Do You Show Your Team?

8 Common Meeting Pitfalls and What You Can Do to Avoid Them

Answering “Tell Me About Yourself” in an Interview

The Wrong and Right Way to Deliver Bad News to Your Manager

7 Mindsets That Are Slowing Down Your Career Growth

It's Not Nagging: Effective Communication is Deliberately Redundant

How to Influence Without Authority with Irina Stanescu (Eng Leader & Coach; ex-Google, ex-Uber)

3 Takeaways From My First International Tech Conference

How I Convinced My Manager to Support My Promotion to Senior

Show, Don’t Tell: How to Multiply Your Chances of Changing People's Minds

How To Write an Incident Postmortem: My Chat Incident Case Study

3 Critical Skills You Need to Grow Beyond Senior Levels in Engineering

My First Promo Rejection, a Blessing in Disguise

Don't Just Manage Up, Manage Higher!

Managing Up (Irina’s Version): How to Meet The Unspoken Needs of Your Manager

How to Self-Manage Even if You Have a Manager (Your Future Self Will Thank You)

The Dance Between Getting Managed, Self-Managing, and Managing Up

Why Building an Authentic Professional Reputation Matters More Than You Think

If You Can Code, You Can Write!

250→22k Subscribers in One Year: How I Started & Grew "The Caring Techie"

How To Build a Network Rich in Social Capital

Influential People Don’t Network, They Build Social Capital

13 Game-Changing Insights I Wish I Had When I Was Younger

Top 5 Mistakes Most People Make When Trying to Influence Others

Why Influence Without Authority Is a Vital Skill for Anyone