'A lot of demoralized people': Ghost jobs are wreaking havoc on tech workers
Recruiters and career coaches say they serve multiple insidious purposes
weeklyfoo #57 / 2024-11-04jobscareer
📰 career
11 ways to get better feedback from your manager
Hard truths about why your manager isn’t giving you more feedback—and what to do about it.
weeklyfoo #25 / 2024-03-25career
24 Things I Know After 10 Years in Tech, I Wish I’d Known in Year 1
3 Buckets of Work Time
As my work life has gotten increasingly busier and is evolving, with a new and larger team, I’ve been rethinking a bit about how I structure my day to be more productive and fulfilled.
weeklyfoo #80 / 2025-04-14career
3 Critical Skills You Need to Grow Beyond Senior Levels in Engineering
36 questions to fall (back) in love with tech
5 Lessons I learned the hard way from 6 years as a software engineer
I often read similar articles, but this one brings some good five lessons on point.
weeklyfoo #23 / 2024-03-11career
Algorithms we develop software by
Write everything twice is a great advice for junior engineers.
weeklyfoo #59 / 2024-11-18engineeringcareer
An underrated software engineering interview question
Have you ever heard of bug squash interviews? If not, then read the article!
weeklyfoo #47 / 2024-08-26hiringcareer
Backend developer: Current industry expectations and growth opportunities
This resource helps you keep tabs on the backend development landscape. You’ll stay updated on the current industry expectations of the backend development roles in different tech stacks, including being notified of growth opportunities.
weeklyfoo #74 / 2025-03-03engineeringcareer
Career Development
What It Really Means to be a Manager, Director, or VP
weeklyfoo #78 / 2025-03-31engineeringcareer
Crafting a Standout Leadership CV
Dont have F-You money? Build an F-You Network.
Fighting With Your Boss
From engineer to manager: what I love, what I hate
FWIW
Gaining Years of Experience in a Few Months
This is a followup to what I wrote about how someone can have 5 times 1 year of experience instead of 5 years of experience. Note that some concepts and ideas will overlap as this is just a different way to look at the same question of career growth and pace of learning.
weeklyfoo #73 / 2025-02-24career
Getting buy-in to get things done
How Do You Spend Your Time?
I made a huge mistake in becoming a Engineering Manager
Read about experiences of becoming a manager and switching back to an IC role.
weeklyfoo #45 / 2024-08-12career
Is Age Really a Factor in Tech?
Silicon Valley has a reputation for youth worship. The ‘move fast and break things’ mentality often translates to a preference for younger, supposedly more adaptable workers.
weeklyfoo #54 / 2024-10-14career
Leaving Stripe
Mentorship, coaching, sponsorship: three different — and equally important — tools for developing talent
My spiciest take on tech hiring
…is that you only need to administer one technical interview and one non-technical interview (each no more than an hour long).
weeklyfoo #39 / 2024-07-01careerhiring
On loyalty to your employer
Playing defense - How to control the narrative if your work is being questioned
No matter how well you frame your ideas upfront, there will be times when you’ll need to address skepticism and defend your work. These are moments when you can shine. Here’s how.
weeklyfoo #42 / 2024-07-22career
Salary Negotiation - Make More Money, Be More Valued
Small Tech
I frequently see debates about whether it’s better to be a cog at a giant semi-monopoly, or to take investment money in the hopes of one day growing to be head cog at a giant semi-monopoly.
weeklyfoo #73 / 2025-02-24career
Software Engineer Pay
Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
The state of the front-end and full-stack job market
After an engaging discussion about the front-end and full-stack market, I couldn’t stop wondering: Are my skills and interests in demand?
weeklyfoo #78 / 2025-03-31careerengineering
Tips to Help Yourself Stand Out During a Tech Job Search
Besides the basic all-known tipps there are some not so well-known hints you should consider.
weeklyfoo #19 / 2024-02-12jobscareer
To get promoted, get better at complexity, autonomy, and throughput
Well, it’s not only these three things from my POV, but that’s a great basis.
weeklyfoo #16 / 2024-01-22career
Useful and Overlooked Skills
On his way to be sworn in as the most powerful man in the world, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had to be lifted out of his car and carried up the stairs.
weeklyfoo #39 / 2024-07-01career
What are you getting paid in?
What makes strong engineers strong?
TLDR: Self-belief, Pragmatism, Speed, Technical ability
weeklyfoo #67 / 2025-01-13careerengineering
Why experienced developers struggle to land jobs
Willingness to look stupid
Entertaining article that made me reflect about how I behave in several situations.
weeklyfoo #49 / 2024-09-09career