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Apr 29, 20265 min read

How I Broke My Best Engineer

I gave my best engineer the promotion's workload without the promotion, then cheered from the sideline while the organization ate him. The project shipped. The engineer didn't. The lesson has a name: cover, not cheerleading.

leadership
engineering management
mentoring

Mar 18, 20265 min read

My youngest tech lead asked why nobody warned him the role sucks

He was right to ask. The promotion confiscates the scoreboard an engineer can read and hands them one they can't. The Scoreboard Swap, and the unglamorous weeks of prep that keep a new tech lead from breaking.

tech leads
mentoring
leadership