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Why Take-Home Assessments Are Better

Let's face it: traditional technical interviews like leetcode-style challenges can feel disconnected from real-world software development. They often...

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Leveling Up for System Design Interviews
Leveling Up for System Design Interviews

As I've navigated the tech leadership job market, I've encountered an unexpected emphasis on system design interviews. These interviews have proven...

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Principles for Leading Remote Teams

I've learned a few hard earned lessons about what works for distributed teams and what doesn't. They've started to form foundational principles I use...

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Crafting Team Roles Through Analogy

Whenever I'm presented with a complex problem my brain immediately tries to generate a mental model to classify and categorize the component parts...

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Splitting Teams Gone Wrong

Congratulations! Your engineering team has grown to the point where they must take on more engineers to simply keep up with maintenance demand, let...

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