Late Career
6 Behaviors of Lazy People That Create Career Success
Not all lazy behaviors are valuable, and setting the right (productive) tone with your co-workers is important. But certain lazy traits are valuable, and should be encouraged.
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Late Career
Are you Leading or Winning? You Can't Win a Promotion.
Focusing on leading, rather than winning, creates significantly better results for you and your team.
Late Career
Why Senior Employees Need to Audit and Verify Things for Themselves — It's Not (Only) That We Don't Trust You
As a junior employee, you learn everything firsthand. As you grow in seniority, you begin to learn things second and thirdhand. How do you audit to ensure you still get firsthand knowledge?
Interviewing
Technical Skills Are Overrated. Focus on Your Attitude.
When interviewing, particularly for technical positions, many people over value their technical preparation, and don't consider the importance of personality and leadership preparation.
Mid Career
Changing How Others Perceive You. Most Importantly, Those Who Dislike You.
If you've found yourself on someone's bad side, what strategies can you use to turn things around?
Personal Dave Posts
A Simple Guide to Financial Independence
Tech industry workers are amazingly lucky. Great income with a (generally) healthy job market? It's time to take advantage of that luck.
Late Career
Burnout and Layoffs — Approaches to Managing Overwork and Limited Resources
Layoffs have left many teams underresourced. The inevitable result is employees feeling stressed, and working long hours. Here are some approaches to improving your situation.
Mid Career
Reckless Bias for Action — A Tale of Immaturity and Impatience
Bias for Action has long been one of my favorite leadership principles. Not just because it's a critical leadership skill, but because I'm quite impatient.
People Managers
A Non-Coding Engineering Manager is One Thing, But What About Non-Technical?
A hotly debated topic is how technical an engineering manager needs to be. I dive into the topic, including ways a non-technical leader can learn.
Early Career
Answer the Unasked Questions — A Guide to Proactive Communication
When you're asked questions — do you literally answer just those questions, or do you try to answer the root question behind them?
Managing Up
Create Career Success: 11 Key Phrases for Your Workplace
How others perceive your performance and your work is heavily influenced by your communication skills. Influencing others is key to long-term success.
Mid Career
How to Estimate Projects Without Being Absolutely Hosed
Employees are often distrustful of their business partners when they're asked to give estimates. Instead, build your communication skills to take advantage of the estimation process benefits.