Grow your engineering career
Your code gets you to senior. To go further you need more than code — interviews, negotiation, picking the right problems, and knowing what the business actually pays you for. These essays cover the career side of software engineering.
Career essays
3 articles from March 2026 · show all
Software engineer interviews for the age of AI
Maybe AI will replace engineers, I don't know. Self-driving cars were just around the corner for 50 years. Until then we've got shit to do and engineers to hire.
The best engineers just get shit done, sometimes with AI
The best engineers I know never talk about their AI setup. The worst engineers I know only talk about their AI setup.
Put scope on your resume
Your resume titles don't matter. Just tell me what did you do.