Category: career
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Why Management Talent Is Harder to Find Than Engineering Talent
Companies are drowning in engineer resumes but starving for managers who can actually make those engineers deliver. The real bottleneck isn’t code or AI skills, it’s coordination. Headlines scream about tech talent shortages, yet the data tells a different story: great managers are as rare as a lighthouse keeper in the desert. Gallup says only…
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Escaping the Peter Principle
The Peter Principle is the idea that people rise to their “level of incompetence.” But is that always the case? I say no—and here’s the good news: it’s entirely preventable! This article shows how unpreparedness, not inability, is the real culprit. With the right training, support, and a willingness to learn, you can break through…
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Managerial serfdom
You are not a serf. Advice to work to make your manager “look good” is detrimental to you and your career. A functional working relationship requires manager and managed supporting each other to be successful doing the work.
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Great job, here’s more work
The phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” reflects the feeling many professionals report when they are given more work without a matching recognition. Promotions are not merely rewards for good performance but indicators of consistently operating at the next level. Factors like budget and headcount availability are real constraints and can slow down career progression,…