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Stop sleepwalking through your career

As a career sleepwalker you follow the same mundane cycle day-in day-out, and end up working towards goals, milestones, and achievements that you might not really want for yourself. You just do it because you “should”, because you “have to” or because it “makes sense”.

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7 Reasons Why You Should Not Become an Engineering Manager

Making the transition from Individual Contributor (IC) to Engineering Manager (EM) is a career change that should not be taken lightly. In this post, I expand on 7 reasons why you might want to reconsider making the switch.

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My Transition from Individual Contributor to Engineering Manager at Zappi - the 4 lessons I’ve learned so far

In this post, I’d like to give a breakdown of what my transition from IC to EM has been like by touching on some of the lessons I’ve learned as well as the challenges that I have faced along the way.

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Why I’m still at Zappi 3.5 years later

While 3 years and 5 months might not seem that long to some people, for someone who - not too long ago - completely gave up on the idea of employment altogether, this is a lifetime.

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My Experience Of Working As A Remote Software Developer For 2 years

In this post, I will evaluate this idea of working remotely based on my time over the past two years as both a remote member of a cross-continental SCRUM team and as someone who often works remotely from home.

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