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My 20 Year Career is Technical Debt or Deprecated
Deprecated should be my middle name
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What “Done” Should Actually Mean on Product Engineering Teams
Why your dev team’s definition of done might be killing momentum—and what to do instead.
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The Tech Leader's Guide to Managing Up, Down, and Across
How to Drive Product Direction When Everyone Has an Opinion
You’re Not the Bottleneck Anymore
It used to be that being an engineering leader meant being the team’s unblocker.
"I Could Never Speak at Conferences" and Other Things Tech Experts Tell Themselves
When I saw Cory House speak at my first tech conference, I immediately thought, "I could never do that."
Manual Testing Is Too Slow. Scripted Testing Is Too Fragile. Here’s What’s Next.
There’s a quiet war happening in QA right now.
The Five Modes of a Modern CTO (And Why Most Only Master One)
Most CTOs start as builders. The best ones learn how to shift.
You’re Hitting Every Metric. And Yet…
It’s Not Working.
Your Team Might Be Doing All the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons
A gut-check for leaders who think “on time” means “on track.”
Why Visibility Breaks Down as Engineering Teams Scale
You used to know everything.
How to De-Risk Early-Stage Startups
A lot of startup founders think capital is the biggest risk.
How to Build Empathy on Teams That Never Meet the User
With guest: Anton Zaides, Engineering Manager & Founder of Manager.dev
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