Career Growth
Many employees tend to let their careers drift from opportunity to opportunity. That can lead to excellence, or not. Purposefully driving your career through the three phases of career growth is a way to have agency over your career.
Career Growth
Growing isn't as simple as learning new skills. It frequently means moving into areas of discomfort. This is a set of anecdotes from my move to GM.
Career Growth
Our performance ratings influence our ability to get raises, promotions, and our long term career success. They're not a simple meritocracy, but are a coarse-grained way of estimating our value to our company. Here's a bit on making certain you get a rati
Career Growth
A Guest Post on the State of the Tech Market in 2023 by Gergely Orosz, author of The Pragmatic Engineer.
Career Growth
We've all had missed opportunities. What have you learned from yours?
Career Growth
Technical or functional skills only partially explain why some employees are more successful than others. There are other aspects of leadership which can impact long term success.
Career Growth
It's a huge win to get your first position as a software engineer. Here's how to excel in your new job.
Career Growth
Many people don't successfully navigate the various hurdles in place between a successful IC career, and a high-flying middle management career. A few thoughts on that path.
Career Growth
Senior engineers distinguish themselves from junior engineers in larger ways than simply technical skills.
Career Growth
You can't stop your company from conducting layoffs, but you can prepare yourself to reduce the negative impact to you and your family.
Career Growth
Your personal brand is how others see you. It can be created accidentally, or you can be purpose-driven in making your own brand.
Career Growth
Growing your career and skills takes tenure and experience at a company. This runs counter to the oft repeated suggestion to job hop for improved compensation.