Tag: career

All the articles with the tag "career".

• Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity

  8 Mar, 2026

  • 6 min read • Engineering

  Promotion systems in tech reward complexity, not good judgment. Here's why that keeps happening and what you can do about it.

• Bell Curve Promotions Are Broken

  5 Mar, 2026

  • 7 min read • career

  Forced ranking systems pit teammates against each other and reward politics over performance. The math doesn't even work.

• You Can't Stack Overflow a Deadlift

  6 Feb, 2026

  • 3 min read • lifestyle

  I recently started going to the gym. Being a beginner again after years of being a 'Senior' Engineer was a humbling reality check.