Software engineering seems like a black-and-white field:You learn to codeYou land your first jobYou either write good code or bad codeBut like we always discover in life:Things are rarely black and whiteThe reason for that?We're PeopleIt's a sexy ide...
Being rational isn't always a good idea.We've been told to "use our heads" and "be smart" our whole lives, but is that always the best idea? Is it good to boil down the entire human condition to say "just make rational decisions"?It misses huge part...
"What should I build?"This is one of the most common questions I hear from new programmers and for a good reason.You spent all this time learning your skills, so you should be building things, right?Well, there's nothing wrong with you. I even got th...
I have been working at Amazon for the past year.Specifically - Amazon Music.For most of my career FAANG companies were a foreign concept, and after several unusually difficult interviews I was convinced they must be something special.A common questio...
Read Time: 3.0 minutesMost jobs suck.There is no way to beat around the bush, and I won't fluff it up for you. If you expect that everybody working for Google, Meta, and Netflix is wildly fulfilled:You might be in for a rude awakening.I know at some...
Read Time: 3.0 minutesIt is hard to see what is going on from an ivory tower.That is where universities fall short.I don't think professors are inherently evil.My university worked with the students to create a curriculum that was useful. I know that...
Hey everybody! 👋Full disclosure: I've been busy this week between work, writing/filming a course, and keeping up with the content treadmill.Since this newsletter has grown considerably in the past couple of months, I decided for the sake of time to...
Read Time: 4.0 minutesI know you have one...It's okay. I won't tell anybody. I'll keep it between us.But I know it exists.Your list of ideas.The ones that died on arrival. Never created. Never born.Left to oxidize on a sheet of paper or get buried in...
Read Time: 3.0 minutes"I don't know if I'm cut out for this"I remember thinking this a thousand times when I started coding. The truth is nobody is cut out for anything.By the end of this short newsletter read, I will give you a better idea of how to...
Read Time: 4.0 minutesI remember feeling like I had an unfair advantage...Teachers gave me opportunities that others didn't getI got picked for more complex projectsAll my friends were high achieversSomething felt wrong with my situation. I remember...
