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November 2025

What makes your resume stand out

What did you do, for whom, did it work

October 2025

The job behind the job [of a high level IC]

Advancing big goals while you stay on top of operational day-to-day fires _is the job_. This is hard. Here are a few tips I've found helpful.

Feedback is a strange thing

Performance oscillates around your mean. Your average is what matters.

The grind won't get you there

Don't grind on something the company doesn't value. Hard work is not rewarded. **_Outcomes_** are rewarded.

September 2025

Should you join an AI startup right now?

Beyond income there's 2 reasons to take any specific job: Invest in yourself or invest in the company. Both is best.

July 2025

What makes a senior engineer

The base expectation for engineers is that you don't just build whatever you're asked.

May 2025

You're a business

Quick thought from a conversation with friends

February 2025

Depth takes time

It takes about 3 years to experience the consequences of your own decisions.

Code yourself out of the job

Let go of your legos and let others do the work.

January 2025

The score takes care of itself

Less talking more doing