Specialist or Generalist: A T-Shaped Career
On the tension between deep specialization and broad generalism, and how the T-shaped career model resolves that equation.
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A software career: seniority, responsibility, changing jobs and the skills that last. (Page 4/4)
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Side projects and open source: what they add to your career and their real cost
An honest assessment of how side projects and open source contribute to a career: the returns, the costs, and when archiving a project is the right call.
The job-change decision: stay or leave
How to turn a leave-or-stay decision from an emotional reaction into a measurable evaluation, and tell real signals from temporary frustration.
Filtering the hype: you don't have to learn every new technology
How to manage your learning budget against the constant pressure of new tools and frameworks — a practical approach to deciding what to learn and when.
Letter to my 2014 self: advice for the early years
Looking back at 2014, the year this journal started: what I over-prioritized, what I neglected, and what I would do differently early on.
Seniority: The Responsibility That Doesn't Come with the Title
The title often arrives before genuine seniority does. Why seniority isn't technical knowledge but the capacity to decide under ambiguity.