Beyond the Bugs
Mark RabeyCalling out corporate dysfunction in tech while offering practical frameworks for engineering managers who want to lead without the bullshit.
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Optimization Brain Rot
Optimization brain rot is what happens when a team learns to measure everything except whether the work is actually working.
It is not “being data-driven”. It is being metric-driven in the way a raccoon is driven by shiny objects. You end...
The True Cost of Leadership: Snacks and Therapy
After you become a manager, your team’s problems stop being “their stuff” and start being… your stuff. Not because you suddenly love operational chaos, but because you are now the person everyone expects to absorb it without leaking it all...
"You're a Manager Now" and Other Lies Your Boss Told You
Congratulations. You’re a manager now.
Here’s your new title, a calendar invite for a leadership meeting, and absolutely no guidance on how to do this job. Oh, and you start Monday. Good luck.
That was essentially how it went for me. One...
Burnout Is Not a Personal Failure
Burnout gets framed like a personality defect.
You were fine. Then you were “struggling.” Then you were “not managing stress well.” Then you were encouraged to take a mindfulness course taught by someone who has never met your backlog.
Co...
Delegation: Just Let Go, You Control Freak
Photo by Андрей Сизов on Unsplash
You know what’s fun about being an engineering manager? Watching someone on your team struggle with a problem you could solve in twenty minutes, and having to just sit there and let them figure it out them...
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Hi, I'm Mark, Software Engineering Manager. Over a decade in web dev and management, I lead teams, craft solutions, and foster growth.
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