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The real problem of bad managers isn’t the manager. Not on the micro level.  The problem is that we give over our power to these people. Satya made a statement to employees earlier this [...]

In some cases you have a great manager who helps guide you down a path which is a perfect fit. Progression is straight forward.  Or you simply have your own crystal clear clarity.  Rainbows and [...]

Control freak. Out of control. Control freak. Out of control. Do you ever swing from these to crazy pendulum sides? So often we get confused about what we can control and what we can’t. [...]

I get it.  There’s a bunch behind “fail fast” that is useful.  We’ll get to that in a moment.  But first… Ahh! This might win my vote for worst buzz word. [...]

Many managers in tech are there because they were great individual contributors. The logic is that if you’re great at your job you can help make a random other group of people great just like you [...]