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Business Sense for Engineers: The Missing Half of Product Sense
Engineers who understand business sense create the most leverage
Apr 25
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Sidwyn Koh
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Hannah Stulberg
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You’re Not Getting Promoted Because You’re Doing Your Job
The uncomfortable truth about performance and promotion committees
Mar 22
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Sidwyn Koh
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Danny
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How to Stay Valuable When AI Writes All The Code
A breakdown of Anthropic CEO’s “Powerful AI” essay — and how engineers can prepare in a post-AI world
Feb 7
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Sidwyn Koh
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Death of the Coding Machine: The Archetypes Replacing It You Need to Know
New Staff Archetypes in the Age of AI
Jan 24
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Sidwyn Koh
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Turn Chaotic Reviews Into Clear Decisions
The write-then-meet framework for running great technical reviews
Jan 10
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Sidwyn Koh
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Make Hard Choices Easy to Understand
Clarify tradeoffs with one simple trick
Dec 21, 2025
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Sidwyn Koh
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Mastering Communication (Part 1 of 4)
How to Deliver Value Every Time
Dec 13, 2025
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Sidwyn Koh
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Growth Takes Time
What you can do today if your career stalls
Nov 29, 2025
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Sidwyn Koh
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An Engineer's Guide to Influence (Part Two)
Six concrete tips on how to turn your ideas into reality
Sep 13, 2025
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Sidwyn Koh
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An Engineer's Guide to Influence (Part One)
How to turn your ideas into reality – even without authority
Sep 6, 2025
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Sidwyn Koh
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Playing The Long Game (Deb Liu, ex-Facebook VP & Ancestry CEO)
Lessons from six years without a promotion, raising three kids, and surviving cancer.
Aug 23, 2025
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Sidwyn Koh
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Deb Liu
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Work-Life Balance Slows Careers (E9 Engineer, ex-Meta)
Working harder DOES get you there faster — at a cost.
Jul 12, 2025
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Sidwyn Koh
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Philip Su
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