Talking to a mentee this week, we were discussing whether it would be more beneficial to have 2 Mid-level engineers or 1 Lead-level engineer join the team. Before I think further through this, form your thoughts. If given the opportunity, when would you choose the two mids vs one lead…

I’ve seen varying opinions on whether to talk about side projects in interviews, but my advice is to lean in and highlight your passions — When I was an early software engineer, my engineering graveyard was gigantic. I would become interested in something, poke around in the documentation, begin to build something relevant to my interests, and move on, leaving the husk of a project behind to wither and wilt.

Six years later, my first firing still haunts me, here’s what you can learn from my mistakes. — If you’re in management long enough, you will have to fire someone. It’s an inevitability. Below I’ll walk through my biggest takeaways from the mistakes I made in my first firing. Lean into the below tips early so you aren’t fighting an uphill battle later. Performance management takes time, which…

With Spring basically upon us (I don’t care what Phil says) I’m thinking about Spring cleaning, both at home and at work. At home it’s simple. Go through a room, ask if an item “sparks joy,” then trash, donate, or keep. …

“You’ve just got to learn to switch off that big melon.” Sound familiar? The classic 2007 film, written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, follows an exceptional London police officer (Nicholas Angel) who is overly immersed in his job. It’s all he thinks about, much to the detriment of every…