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From Tech Debt to Top Priority: The Engineer's Guide to Getting Buy-In

How to get leadership buy-in for tech debt and other large projects across multiple teams, tight timelines, security concerns and more.

13 hrs ago •

February 2025

January 2025

What’s next after Senior Engineer?

Hint: Your career is just getting started...

Jan 15 •

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Gregor Ojstersek

November 2024

Staff Engineer Behaviors: pt. 2 Breaking the ceiling into Staff Engineering

Key behaviors that help engineers make transformational leaps in their career and scale their impact and influence in a sustainable and meaningful way.

Nov 20, 2024 •

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October 2024

Adaptability is a super power

Sticking with how you’ve always done things won’t always work.

Oct 30, 2024 •

September 2024

Breaking the Staff Engineer Ceiling pt. 1

Going from Senior to a Staff-Plus marks a pivotal evolution in an engineer's career, requiring a fundamental shift in how we influence, lead, and drive…

Sep 11, 2024 •

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August 2024

How I went from Tech Lead → Engineering Management

Part two of our series about everything I’ve learned going from a Senior Software Engineer to Tech Lead to Engineering Management.

Aug 14, 2024 •

July 2024

How I went from Senior Engineer → Tech Lead

A two-part series about everything I’ve learned going from a Senior Software Engineer to Tech Lead to Engineering Manager.

Jul 31, 2024 •

15 ways to Supercharge your Career Growth

After 10+ yrs of working in software engineering, here are top traits I’ve seen in the top performing engineers I’ve worked with. Work on these to…

Jul 17, 2024 •

How to fix slow loading apps

How often have you worked on a slow javascript web app that randomly just seemed to slow to a crawl when loading for users?

Jul 5, 2024 •

June 2024

A Docker Deep-Dive Cheatsheet

Docker is something that has taken the devops world by storm the last few years. You are going to need to get good at it sooner rather than later.

Jun 19, 2024 •

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