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After we hung out and shot a podcast this weekend, it's clear we see eye to eye - getting a software job in the future is going to change.
He shared how he would protect himself in the future as AI changes everything.
Game recognizes…
Here’s something about salaries nobody wants to hear.
Everyone complains about not being paid enough but…
Money follows value. Full stop.
As Cal Newport puts it: "Money is a neutral indicator of value. By aiming to make money, you're aiming to be valuable."
The companies…
I used to collect productivity systems like Pokemon cards.
But then I became less productive.
Installing a new system is itself work, and you compound costs when you switch to a different system.
Most of us don't have a knowledge problem, we have an execution problem.
Start…
Struggling to communicate with senior people at work?
Three things that transformed how I communicate:
Get clear before you speak. If your ideas are confused in your head, they'll sound confused out loud. Think it through first. Senior people notice when you haven't done your…
One year ago I walked away from Amazon after 18 years.
People still ask me why I left a comfortable Principal Engineer role. Here's what drove the decision.
I stopped growing. The role felt too comfortable. I was clutching onto familiar territory instead of pushing myself into…
When I first started my YouTube journey, I thought 1,000 views would make it all worth it.
Last year I hit 100,000 subscribers, and today I'm at 172,000 aiming for a quarter million this year.
Here's my thank you note to everyone who's been part of this journey. To the people…
Everyone says job hopping is the only way to advance your career.
I stayed at Amazon for 18 years. Best decision I ever made.
People love to criticize big tech loyalty. They call it settling or playing it safe. I call it strategic.
Amazon's stock went up 100x during my time…
Tech promotions are 10% luck, 20% about your technical ability, 70% about observing what is rewarded and doing that (usually leadership and delivery).
Most people over-index on the tech, or rationalize the reason that they haven't been promoted as being luck.
The challenge…
Your manager has already put you in a box.
You've been categorized into one of 3 buckets:
🌟 The "stars" who get the best projects and promotions
✅ The "solid performers" who reliably get work done
📊 The "baseline" who just meet expectations
Moving between buckets doesn't…
My airpods went missing a couple of weeks ago and now they're in a part of town that I don't recognize. Should I play an annoying sound intermittently? Should I mark them as lost?
AI will turn non-coders into coders, so everybody can experience 0 → 1.
AI will turn every 1x developer into a 10x team lead.
If you're already a 10x developer, you'll be able to run a company on your own.
The age of the 1-person billion dollar company is coming.
More…
I think there's more reverse ageism in the tech industry than traditional ageism.
When someone looks older, I tend to think by default that they know more and question them less.
When someone looks like they're straight out of school, it's hard for people to take them as…
Meeting culture is insanely expensive.
A 30-minute meeting with 8 people isn't just 30 minutes.
It's:
4 hours of organizational time
15+ minutes of context switching per person
Deep work fragmented into unproductive chunks
And that's PER WEEK if it's recurring.
Meeting debt…
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