Career Growth
How to Ask Your Manager For a Promotion - Own Your Career!
Own your own career. Build a project plan for promotion, and own it with your manager.
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Early Career
The Value of Clear and Concise Communication
Clear and Concise communication which directly answers questions or provides information is a key trait of successful leaders.
Early Career
The Basics of Why Meritocracy Does Not Exist - The Power of Trust
Trust is our currency at work. Merit and job skill is only one aspect of building trust.
Interviewing
What's Broken About Tech Interviewing and a Few Crazy Ideas
An analysis of the current tech interviewing process, and some ideas to test.
Organizations
Why Amazon is Innovative - Roadmap Before Resources
Resource constraints and how they define how Amazon operates and continues to innovate.
Personal Dave Posts
My Path to Writing a Newsletter, Finances, and Motivation - a Personal Story
A personal reflection on money, drive, commitments, investing, and more.
People Managers
Managers Can't Always Be Friendly - Why You Need to Scare Your Employees
Being candid in conversations can be hard for the manager, and come across harsh for the employee. It's also necessary.
Early Career
Everything You Need to Know About One-on-One Meetings
Having a strong one-on-one culture can create a powerful relationship between employee and manager.
Organizations
Opinion: Companies should eliminate bias in their compensation processes
Racism and sexism are a part of today's corporate compensation model. We need to do better.
Interviewing
10 Steps to Write a LinkedIn Profile and Why It Matters
Having a high quality LinkedIn profile is not optional these days. Details of why, and how to build a proper profile.
Interviewing
What to Expect from the Amazon Interview and Hiring Process
A full summary of the entire Amazon interview and hiring process, from resume review to the questions, to offer completion. How to do the preparation necessary to be successful.
Mid Career
A First Principles Anecdote - How I Avoided Burnout at Amazon
Burnout is a real risk at a fast paced company. This is about a time I saved myself from burnout by using first principles.