The Complete Engineer
Michael Greenspan, Gilad NaorReflective writing for senior software engineers and engineering leaders on the questions the next promotion won't answer. Ambition, identity, overwhelm, leadership, and what it means to do work that feels like yours.
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Tech is full of people. Why is it so lonely?
Becoming successful in tech was never only about getting better at the technical work. There’s a whole other half of this career — doubt, ambition, connection and its absence — that nobody really trains you for, and that most of us only tal...
The pressure no one assigned you
In a conversation last week, an engineer was trying to understand why his job search felt so heavy.
On paper, he had time.
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When Fixing Yourself Becomes the Blocker
Many engineers want to learn new skills or work on side projects, but it feels hard.
There’s a lot going on in an engineer’s day and in regular life, and something I hear often in conversations is:
“I need to be more organized.”
“I need...
The One Person Every Manager Forgets to Manage
This week, I’m passing the feather and quill to my friend , a seasoned Engineering Manager (Ex-Meta, Ex-Amazon), trainer, and gifted systems thinker.
If you’re leading a team, this one’s for you…
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Software Engineer (7 yrs) → Engineering Manager (9 yrs) → Coach/Writer for devs and tech leaders. Focused on the friction, avoidance, and self-judgment in software work.
I help EMs become calm leaders using the δetlas management method. Ex. Meta / Amazon.
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