3 PROVEN ways to exit the tech burnout

the plateau of seniority

Nov 10 • 

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September 2025

the career-boosting lunches

this isn’t about pretending to be a social butterfly

Sep 30 • 

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confidence in tech > talent in tech

I’ve noticed that the confident engineer with average skills performs better

Sep 17 • 

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Success = (number of attempts) × (probability of success each time)

The rule is so simple

Sep 3 • 

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August 2025

Lessons in Leadership at Skyscanner

Behind the wins: Senior Data Science Manager

Aug 28 • 

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Jose Parreño Garcia

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ego, equity or exit? checklist to decide if a startup worth your career

My LinkedIn inbox fills up every month with startup pitches.

Aug 20 • 

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swipe right on writing well as an engineer

why writing matters for engineers

Aug 13 • 

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3 toxic engineering leader types

learning from my big tech career

Aug 6 • 

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July 2025

FAANG is over. It’s the MANGO era now 🥭

I shared a short LinkedIn post on this and decided to expand it after it got good traction.

Jul 30 • 

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the 3 youtube channels that taught me more than $200K+ computer science degree

I wish someone gave me this earlier

Jul 18 • 

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how one engineer fooled silicon valley

the Soham paradox of remote work

Jul 11 • 

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the 100x engineers

small teams with sharp tools are rewriting the rules of software leverage

Jul 4 • 

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