You haven’t taken a vacation in five years. As a responsible person, you announce your vacation two months in advance. You ensured projects will run without you while you’re out for two days in Portland, Oregon. You’ll also be in a hotel downtown and your phone has reception. When you send your long email about your […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]