The Managers' Guide #122

Everyone talks about scaling to $10k. Nobody mentions the psychological hell of going from $0 to $100. How to collaborate cross-functionally * 📊 A simple collaboration framework — Before engaging, ask yourself two questions: 1. Is this important? and 2. Do you have a strong opinion?. Your answers determine whether you should debate,

The Managers' Guide #121

Decode your tech offer's "golden handcuffs," learn to manage up (without changing your boss), and lead senior engineers with confidence. Get sharp, actionable insights for modern engineering leaders on compensation, communication, and career strategy.

The Managers' Guide #120

nsights for engineering leaders on AI's true impact, empathetic management, navigating project despair, career decisions, and long-term strategy.

The Managers' Guide #119

Is your developer identity limiting you? Discover how to redefine your role, protect your focus from constant pings, build a network that pushes you, defeat AI-driven burnout, and master the "observation + impact" formula for truly effective feedback.

The Managers' Guide #118

Master modern engineering. Understand why LLMs are a "blurry JPEG of the web," how to build cost-effective architectures (FinOps), and why documents are a manager's most powerful tool for scale.

The Managers' Guide #117

Make better decisions with rigorous thinking. Run complex projects smoothly and build products people love by focusing on interactions, not just features.

The Managers' Guide #116

Become a more effective leader with this guide covering AI's "cognitive debt," the art of concise communication, empowering "normal" engineers, the difference between being liked and being effective, and strategies for managing the lows of leadership.

The Managers' Guide #115

Is your prioritization framework flawed? This week, learn to master strategic urgency, disagree productively, and fix expectation mismatches with your manager. Plus: why your team needs more boredom.

The Managers' Guide #114

Discover how pizza orders predicted global crises, why AI chatbots can be persuaded like humans, and the secret to hiring engineers who build great teams.

The Managers' Guide #113

Feeding the error messages back into the LLM is the "banging the tv to fix the picture" of our generation.

The Managers' Guide #112

No, I didn't "forget your name", I didn't store it in the first place, it's called being GDPR compliant. Lead Forward, Even When the Path Isn’t Clear * 🌫 When the road disappears, leadership shines — True leadership emerges not when everything’s predictable,

The Managers' Guide #111

From what tech workers are telling me, AI has been automating the role of "CEO's annoying nephew who needs to be included in your project or you get fired" The deadline doom loop * 🔄 The Vicious Cycle — The core idea is the “Deadline Doom Loop,” a cycle