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May 2025

Delegate Delegation — An Upgrade to the Common Delegation Practice of Micro Management
Many managers (and individuals) assume that load balancing their team members is the manager's job. That's a pretty bad idea. And I'll explain why.
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Dave Anderson
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You Must Find a Passion Project - AKA How to Avoid Being a Boring Human
I'm absolutely off topic today. Like if being on topic was a road in downtown Seattle, I'd be hiking up Rattlesnake Ledge today. Which, if you don't…
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Dave Anderson
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Resolve Risk First - Why Complexity and Ambiguity Not Effort Should Dictate Your Focus
Too often we resolve the hardest work first, instead of the riskiest. A walk through of why that's a mistake.
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Dave Anderson
How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome
Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and improve along the way.
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Dave Anderson
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April 2025

Inside a High-Severity Outage: A Late Night Sev-2 at Amazon
A detailed narrative of how we communicated about, worked on, and resolved a technical mess we created.
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Dave Anderson
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13 Tech Career Misconceptions — Things I Wish I'd Learned Earlier
Misunderstandings about performance, promotions, influence, and leadership that most people only realize late in their careers.
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Dave Anderson
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Heard of Design Patterns? How About Behavior Patterns.
Recognize patterns in management to be able to solve issues, and deliver results.
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Dave Anderson
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Writing and Speaking Clearly and Concisely - Upgrading Your Communication
Communicating takes practice and skill. Learn the ingredients to high-quality communication.
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Dave Anderson
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March 2025

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