I have a weird personality - an amalgamate of strongly contrasting characteristics that don’t come together frequently (e.g., intense + analytical, competitive + stoic). Some of them I’ve strongly developed over the years, but there’s a bunch I’d call innate - “analytical” is probably the most important...
If I had to bet on which graphical meme appears most frequently in my LinkedIn timeline, I'd say it's the one about "servant leadership". I'm sure you recall it easily (even if it comes in many "flavors" these days): * In...
There's one thing about (professional) communication that I find hilarious. Over the last 15+ years (until approx. 2023), the importance of writing (as a skill) in software engineering craft has gradually declined. I've written about that already - https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/generation-of-illiterate-developers/. It's...
There have been tons of books and articles written on how to be a decent engineering leader. Various authors have been dissecting the role into pieces and atoms, trying to pinpoint the true essence of success in this field. I'm dedicating this blog post to one of such...
It won't be the first time I praise Will Larson's books (directly or indirectly), but they deserve all the recognition they get, so I have no remorse. Anyway, I think it was "Staff Engineer," where Will has named two fascinating phenomena. They were not...
I need to admit I have some wicked hobbies. One of them is spotting absolutely ridiculous job positions/functions on LinkedIn, just for kicks'n'giggles. Some of them are absolutely bonkers & it's super-hard to imagine what sane person could come up with an idea...
