Writing
Notes on leadership, productivity and the craft of engineering
Why do we follow our leaders?
People rarely quit companies — they quit leaders. A short breakdown of the fear-based and benefit-based reasons we choose to follow the people we work for.
How does your memory work?
Why can you recognize 30 faces out of 200 photos, but barely recall 5 names out of a list of 200? A short dive into why we're visual creatures.
Are you able to do multitasking?
Your brain isn't a multi-core CPU. A two-minute pen-and-paper exercise proves that what feels like multitasking is really expensive task-switching.
Time to reflect
After 3.5 years at Bumble, a layoff gave me the chance to sit down and reflect on what I actually want from my next role — and what I don't.
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