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“The person who writes down the thing has tremendous power. Independent of their formal role in an organisation. One of the ways you find up and comers at a tech company is by seeing who wrote down the plan. That doesn’t mean that they came up with everything and that doesn’t mean they had all the ideas. If they were able to organise their thoughts and have the energy and the motivation and the skill to communicate it in a written form. That stands out.” - @pmcarma I'm not a natural note...

It’s 2025, a new year. If you work for an established tech org your manager will likely ask you to set goals. Engineers and managers alike often dislike goal setting - viewing it as a box ticking exercise. In this article I’ll share my thoughts on making goal setting worthwhile. These are things I’m putting into practise myself. Understand your motivation We often go about goal setting the wrong way, especially within a company environment. Your manager suggests you set goals, so you set some...

This month I challenged myself to run better 1:1s. I’ve been in the industry for 13 years so I’ve done a lot of 1:1s. Either as a manger and with my manager. But lately I felt I could do better. My 1:1s were often stilted and unproductive. I felt I was just going through the motions. Bad 1:1s are a waste of time for everyone and cause people to feel unsupported. This month I tried to improve. I interviewed friends in the industry and consumed some great content. Here’s what I learned: 1....