I believed working hard was enough to move my developer career forward. It was not. This is the moment I realized effort alone does not create growth, and what actually changed everything.
Every January we promise change. By February the same systems are still running the show. This year is about fewer promises and better leadership through focus, clarity, and boring habits that actually work.
Being promoted inside your own team changes more than your job title. It quietly rewrites the rules of every relationship you already have, and nobody tells you what those new rules are.
Being busy feels productive. Being valuable actually is. Here’s how leaders accidentally confuse motion with impact, and how to fix it without burning out your team.
I launched a new podcast called Lead Don’t Ctrl because too many engineers are promoted into leadership roles without real guidance on what the job actually is.
