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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Why Good Candidates Walk Away
Most companies say they want great candidates. Then they build a hiring process that seems carefully designed to make great candidates question their life choices.
The job description is vague. The salary range is missing, or so wide it mi...
Panel Interviews Are a Group Project, and Nobody Did the Work
Panel interviews are already awkward. They are a room full of strangers trying to decide if a person should be allowed to pay rent. They might work for some people and some roles, but they do not work well for everyone. When a company tosse...
Performative Process and Other Workplace Rituals
There’s a special kind of organizational dysfunction where people stop solving problems and start performing problem-solving. You know the feeling. The Jira ticket is immaculate. The template is filled. The meeting happened. The action item...
Herding Cats, Dogs, and That One Engineer Who Still Uses Vim
The cast of characters (yes, your team has these)
If you manage engineers long enough, you learn a comforting truth: it is never just “the work”. It is always the work plus personalities, habits, preferences, fears, egos, and that one p...
AI Burnout: When “AI All the Things” Becomes a Cult
Most of the hype cycle around AI is framed like a productivity miracle: fewer boring tasks, more time for the good stuff, the future arriving politely at your doorstep.
In practice, it’s been more like this:
- Everyone is expected to pr...
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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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