Do you know the difference between strategy and tactics? Took me 10 years of attending management classes, reading books, and working at various companies to explain the difference. If you can summarize how strategy isn’t the same as tactics – would love to hear from you. If not, I hope after you read this you […]
You won’t be like any other manager
I often get life advice from Uber or Lyft drivers. One night while returning to the city, my driver and I started a conversation around living your own life. Many decades ago he was young man working in Hollister. He had a hard time making friends because he only knew people from work and he […]
Maintain the ability to read code
How do your systems truly work in production? I get questions about the product from different areas of the company like business development, marketing or data science. Even the product managers who wrote the requirements are asking what exactly is going on. So I read the source code to understand. Edge cases, legacy conditions, or […]
Handling your team emotions as a new manager
“What’s one major challenge I could face as a younger manager in my 20’s?” Here’s my answer to the new manager: The first time I managed (in my late 20’s), one of my biggest challenges was handling my team’s emotions. I was a young manager without the life experience in every situation to know what […]
85 slots a week
Do you find yourself easily distracted? Would you like better focus? Here’s a productivity tip for time allocation. I use Gmail for work. If you look at the calendar view, each slot is separated by half-hour chunks. For a typical 9-6 day, there are 18 half-hour slots for a total of 85 slots a week. […]
Career advice for junior engineers – don’t end up like me
For every junior engineer I mentor, I tell them many things. One of them is, “Don’t end up like me.” They’d laugh – “I’ve never heard any engineering manager say that.” I’m serious. Took me ten years of setbacks and dead-ends to grow to where I am. If they don’t like what they see, then […]
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