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Section titled “In this section”- Engineering Upward: How to Get Good Work Assigned to You — Career advancement requires more than technical excellence—it requires strategic positioning to access high-impact projects that showcase your…
- Giving Feedback to Your Manager Without it Backfiring — Providing feedback to someone who evaluates your performance involves navigating power dynamics that can feel intimidating. Yet, constructive upward…
- Managing Up — Managing up effectively is critical to career success but involves nuanced communication skills, particularly when surfacing problems or risks to…
- Navigating the Return to Office When You Don’t Want to Go Back — The email arrives with a subject line you’ve been dreading: “Return to Office Policy Update.” After months or even years of remote work—during which…
- Self-directed Professional Development — When you’ve recently joined a company that lacks formal professional development programs, you face a critical choice: wait for guidance that may never…
- What to Do When Your Manager Isn’t Technical Enough — The technical knowledge gap between engineers and their managers can create friction around priorities, estimates, and technical decisions. Managing…