Stuff I learned at Carta.
Career advice in 2025.
2024 in review.
Numbers go up.
Ex-technology companies.
2023 in review.
Notes on The Software Engineer's Guidebook
A bit late, but I did leave Calm.
Grab bag of random thoughts.
Getting a job as an engineering executive.
Make an effective executive LinkedIn profile.
Lessons not worth learning.
2022 in review.
Downturn career decisions.
STAR method for interview questions.
Career checkup template.
The impact of less scalable work.
2021 in review.
The terminal level rulebook.
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How to be a tech influencer.
Tech Lead Management roles are a trap.
Interesting work happens at the edges.
2020 in review.
Mailbag: Advice for someone five years into their tech career?
Finding the right company to reach Staff Engineer.
Deciding to switch companies.
Being visible.
Does the Staff title even matter?
My career story.
Mailbag: Evolving your engineer career beyond the career level.
Joining Calm.
2019 in review.
You only learn when you reflect.
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A forty-year career.
Some career advice.
Path to engineering manager of managers.
Growing with your company's complexity.
Meeting people.
Career narratives.
Roles over rocket ships, and why hypergrowth is a weak predictor of personal growth.