• Leadership Lessons from Solving a Rubik’s Cube

    Leadership Lessons from Solving a Rubik’s Cube

    3–4 minutes

    Just like a Rubik’s Cube, leadership is less about speed and more about discipline, persistence, and adaptability. For me, leadership has never been about rushing to the solution. It’s about building the right frameworks, creating clarity for others, and staying resilient when things look messy in the middle. Read more

  • Scaling Startups: Letting Go of Your Legos

    Scaling Startups: Letting Go of Your Legos

    2–3 minutes

    Give away your Legos is Molly Graham’s insightful article that resonates with many in the startup community. In this post, I want to share my own career journey and reflect on why I have found it challenging to let go of my Legos, even though my mindset encouraged me to do so. At the time… Read more

  • The Power of Career Privileges: Gratitude and Growth

    The Power of Career Privileges: Gratitude and Growth

    1–2 minutes

    Today I want to reflect on my privileges. The above snippet is from a LinkedIn post that caught my attention, and it looks like the real Instagram source is unknown. But this is a very powerful message. While I am preparing to write posts on how I coped from work burnout and boreout, I want… Read more

  • Strategies for Growth to Evolve as an Engineering Manager

    Strategies for Growth to Evolve as an Engineering Manager

    3–4 minutes

    Alice and Bob are Engineering Managers (EM). Case 1: Alice is moving on to a new job and some of her reports are shocked because they accepted their current job offer thinking they would get a great manager like Alice and were very happy and comfortable with her. Case 2: Bob is worried that if… Read more

  • My 2025 Reading List: Insights on Executive Coaching

    My 2025 Reading List: Insights on Executive Coaching

    1–2 minutes

    See my 2024 reading list here. My reading list so far has been mostly focused on executive coaching. In addition to Ethan Evans, I started following Molly Graham. I seem to agree with most of Molly’s posts and it has helped me a lot in my career reflections, where I want to be and when… Read more

  • Planning My Career Journey: From Reflection to Action

    Planning My Career Journey: From Reflection to Action

    1–2 minutes

    Time flies indeed! But time well spent is less regretted. While I have been busy and productive at work, I have mostly spent this year thus far reflecting on my career journey thus far and where I want to be in next 5-10 years. I have been silent, not attempting at too many side projects… Read more

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