Managing Up
The Hidden Advantage of Sharp Edges — Why Being Disagreeable is Best
Anyone can be valuable if they have the right motivation, but strangely enough, being disagreeable multiplies that value.
Dave Anderson
Late Career
4 Common But Insidious Patterns That Derail Software Projects
With experience, you can recognize the less obvious patterns which lead to costly disasters.
People Managers
Managers Make Teams Deliver More Value, Not Deliver More Output
True productivity for a team is measured by the value created, not the work completed. The job of a manager is to focus on the value hidden behind the piles of work.
Personal Dave Posts
My 61k subscriber newsletter, about marketing, and a bit about relationships. An off-topic holiday note from Dave.
An off-topic holiday newsletter. And a happy New Year to you!
Mid Career
Start With Your Vision — Not With Goals. Measure What Really Matters.
Goals Without Vision Are Worse Than Useless. They can lead you in an expensive wrong direction.
Newsletter
My Favorite Articles — and a Discount to Scarlet Ink.
Why not share it one more time!
Mid Career
Don't Let Others Run Your Life — Cut Your Schedule Like a Slasher Movie
If you don't make hard choices to focus on your top priorities, then you're choosing to fail at your top priorities.
Organizations
How I Transformed Amazon's Internal Transfer Process
Anecdotes, ranting, and some personal philosophy.
Newsletter
From Dave at Scarlet Ink — A One-Time Special Discount Offer for my Newsletter
Seriously. I'm not sure if I'll do this again.
Late Career
6 Ways that Good People Build Trust, and Become Leaders That Others Follow
What type of leader do you want to be? One core identifying feature of admired leaders is how many people follow them to their next role. And trust is the core tool to improve that metric.
Career Growth
Fake It Till You Make It — To Become a Leader, Act Like One
I found, rather than waiting for my promotions at Amazon, I was more fulfilled and grew myself as a leader by pretending I had already been promoted.
Interviewing
Three Tales from an Amazon Bar Raiser
A few examples of situations I went through as a bar raiser, one of the most entertaining positions at Amazon.