Pick one and own it
What if your company could have only one single advantage over the competition? This exercise will make your positioning and strategy stronger.
Brief and practical tips for public speaking
A friend who went back to school recently asked for public speaking tips, here's what I told her.
What made Steve Jobs' presentations so magnificent?
5 secrets behind Steve Jobs’ iconic keynote speeches.
Power Up Your Brain with Mental Models
Think of software design patterns but for your mind and thoughts.
The Sad Case of the Tech T-Shirt (Fashion and Programming, part ii) - Holly Cummins
A year or two ago, I wrote about the connection between fashion and programming. For reasons I don’t totally understand, it’s my second most…
#35 A Tech Sales Guide: Stop Selling Technicalities, Start Selling Outcomes
As engineers, we love our technical solutions, but business leaders speak a different language. Learn how to turn your technical proposals into outcomes that the business cares about.
The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, by Charlie Munger
In The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, Charlie Munger explains why we behave the way we do. This is a transcript of the fully updated talk.
Welcome to the Jungle
You might be the Tech Lead, but you don’t decide how your team develops software — their cultural ecology does.
How to Monetize a Blog
A guide on turning your diary into dollars.
How I increased my visibility
Someone asked me this and here's my answer.
How to do what you love and make good money | Derek Sivers
Mastering Time Management by a Staff SWE at Meta
How to manage time as a Senior/Staff Software Engineer
Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships
Wisdom from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Git and Linux
The Grug Brained Developer
Growing from engineer to Staff engineer and thriving
Clear communication, empathy and good collaboration becomes very important!
How Stripe Built One of Silicon Valley’s Best Engineering Teams
Greg Brockman, the founding engineer at Stripe, talks about how to construct your hiring pipeline to maximize talent.
The Freelancer’s Guide to Time-Wasters, Cheapskates, and Nightmare Clients: A Cathartic Exposé
Alright, fellow freelancers, gather ‘round. Today, we’re diving deep into the cesspool of client interactions that make us question our…
The Hidden Costs of Over-Collaboration
In the wake of Agile’s success and the benefits it offers organizations to help them achieve faster delivery, happier customers, and more engaged teams, “Collaboration” has become…
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The artist and the inner retreat
A call to quiet, plus this week's new releases
Engineering is more about people than tech
Spoiler: I assumed that I would just code all day and that's it. Well, I was very wrong!
Make Every Software Project A Success With These Standards
A lot of software teams are struggling with the management of development projects and how to maintain their software over a longer period…
Meet Rachel Wolan, Webflow’s new CPO | Webflow Blog
Learn about our new CPO and what brought her to Webflow.
The senior engineer role
The 2016 is the 10th year I am working full time in the computer science field. Before that I had graduate school, a startup, an undergraduate degree, high school - always programming. My first progra
Designing a Technical Interview
Poor technical interviews lead to bad experiences for both employers and candidates. Let's change that.
How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
taste testing cities
Freelancers: Should You Show Up as You or a Company?
What to call your design business is one of the biggest questions freelance designers face. As a designer you are running a business, whether you have an LLC that clients write checks out to or not. But you are also a person who designs, and your reputation is likely tied to your first and last name. (Unless you’re so famous people only refer to you by one of them.)