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“Good managers don’t fire. They hire and inspire.” - Michael Scott

The Best Interview Question is “Tell me how to get to your favorite restaurant”

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Published on March 17, 2025

High-Performing Teams Focus On These 4 Areas to Remain Successful

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Published on January 11, 2025

Here's How You Can Increase Your Team’s Execution Speed

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Published on December 1, 2024

Why Only 1 in 5 Developers Are Happy at Work

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Published on November 25, 2024

Welcome to Miro - The Innovation Workspace

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Tech Careers

Want to learn how to improve or even start your tech career? Look no further.

Meta’s Software Engineer Levels Explained

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Published on September 30, 2024

Show Me Your Faith and I Will Show You My Work - Don't Neglect Your Technical Foundation

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Published on March 25, 2025

A Detailed Roadmap to Take You From Junior to Senior Web Developer

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Published on October 16, 2023

Why Harvard Alumni Are Better Than You

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Published on May 31, 2023

17 Highest-Paying Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area for Software Engineers

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Published on April 18, 2022

Why I Quit My Full Stack Web Developer Job

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Published on April 18, 2023

Career Advice

Whether you're 17 or 55, we could all use some career advice every now and then.

Working at MANGA Company: Dos and Don'ts of Success

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Published on October 4, 2023

5 Essential Steps to Thrive as an Employee and Master Your Career

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Published on June 21, 2023

Breadth and Depth: How to Overcome the Generalist Dilemma

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Published on May 9, 2023

Why I Hire Non-IT Graduates in The Cybersecurity Field

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Published on January 6, 2021

Is Quiet Quitting a Sound Strategy?

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Published on June 8, 2023

Why Not Giving a Fuck Is the New Flex

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Published on August 22, 2023

6 Most Important Things Every Junior Developer Should Know

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Published on January 7, 2020

Looking to Get Hired? Here’s What You Need to Do to Land the Right Job

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Published on August 4, 2023

Life Spoilers: Nobody Knows What They're Doing

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Published on March 27, 2023

Motivation from Mathematics: Hire for Slope, not Y-Intercept

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Published on August 21, 2021

Management

Management is NOT responsible for you being an idiot. Hopefully these stories help.

How To Use the "10/50/99" Approach to Give Feedback

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Published on January 27, 2020

Furkat Kasimov Unveils Business Secrets in Entrepreneurial Success through Upcoming Book

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Published on March 19, 2025

Goodbye Product Management - Hello Data Product Leadership

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Published on August 2, 2023

Jargon Is Killing Your Leadership: You Should Be Doing This Instead

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Published on February 4, 2025

The 36 Highest Paying Cities for Management Consultants in the US

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Published on July 24, 2022

HackerNoon Decoded 2024: Celebrating Our Management Community!

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Published on January 30, 2025

The hard thing about hard things: When a manager decides to quit

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Published on January 19, 2018

Saying No to Your Boss is Never Easy, But Sometimes it's Necessary

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Published on February 4, 2022

Virtual Brainstorming Success Guide

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Published on January 12, 2021

447 Stories To Learn About Management

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Published on October 30, 2023

Leadership

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”― Harry S. Truman

Mastering Project Clarity: How The Power of the RACI Matrix Can Improve Your Teamwork

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Published on April 8, 2025

Why I Left Engineering Management and Moved Back to Individual Contribution

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Published on December 17, 2021

Disagree and Commit: The Importance of disagreement in decision making

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Published on January 17, 2019

Ex-CEO Ranks the One Skill That Helped Him Navigate His Life

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Published on December 26, 2024

Psychological Safety, Risk Tolerance and High Functioning Software Teams

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Published on December 29, 2017

10x your growth by hiring potential leaders

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Published on December 10, 2017

Your Team is INCOMPETENT; You are NOT

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Published on November 1, 2017

Engineering decision model: messy opinions, neat ownership

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Published on August 16, 2018

Why My New Book is a Failed Attempt at Something I Can’t Put My Finger On

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Published on June 30, 2020

Making Your Employees Feel Valued & Appreciated

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Published on September 22, 2022

Careers

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Job Mobility Slows Amidst Recession Fears and Tech Layoffs

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Published on August 1, 2022

14 Free Certifications by Google and Meta to Start Working Remotely

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Published on January 27, 2022

Hacking Time Management and Task Prioritization

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Published on July 23, 2023

The Road to Senior Engineer: Management Is Not Just for Managers

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Published on September 19, 2022

Resolving the Career Identity Crisis That Comes With Pivoting

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Published on November 17, 2021

5 Best Career Path for Experienced Java Developers

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Published on March 25, 2021

You Need Authentic Connections: How to Reframe Your Network Narrative

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Published on June 14, 2023

The Great Resignation: Why 80% of Tech Employees are Seeking Alternative Employment

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Published on March 23, 2022

6 Tips to Land the Tech Internship That Will Lead to Your Software Engineer Career

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Published on January 16, 2019

How the Job Market Is Being Misrepresented to You

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Published on September 24, 2022

Management And Leadership

How to Give Constructive Feedback to High Performers (Without Losing Them)

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Published on March 28, 2025

How I Deal With Differences in Opinion

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Published on November 5, 2017

Good Managers Know to Not Make These Mistakes

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Published on August 31, 2024

Bring me Problems Not Solutions: Why Problem-Centric Leadership is Effective

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Published on September 19, 2023

Why More Engineers Don't Mean Faster Development (And What Does)

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Published on May 31, 2023

How Non-business, Creative Skills and Experience Can Help With Leadership

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Published on June 1, 2023

Can a Manager Have Fun With Their Team? My Experience Says Absolutely!

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Published on December 28, 2023

Outsourcing

6 Examples of Outsourcing Failure

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Published on April 22, 2020

Team Management

Non-Material Motivation: Why It Matters and How It Works

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Published on October 1, 2024

The One-Pager Advantage: A Template for Software Engineering Projects

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Published on May 22, 2024

The Power of Feedback: Tools and Techniques for Boosting Performance

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Published on October 10, 2024

How to Effectively Deliver Feedback to Your Team Members

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Published on October 2, 2021

Good Managers Vs. Great Managers

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Published on May 22, 2020

How to Onboard a New Technical Writer

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Published on September 12, 2024

How Can One-on-One Meetings with Employees Influence Their Retention?

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Published on January 3, 2024

Work

Are you working hard or hardly working? I applaud you either way.

This Is What Disabled Workers Had to Say About Sheltered Workshops

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Published on April 13, 2023

How to organize a panel

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Published on April 9, 2019

Will Our Future of Work, Work?

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Published on September 7, 2016

Tired? Burned Out? You Might Just Be Bored

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Published on October 24, 2024

Uncovering the Dark Underbelly of ‘Hustle Culture’

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Published on July 24, 2023

Team

Understanding the Tuckman Model of Team Development

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Published on May 24, 2022