Category: Work & Leadership
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Invisible Competence
When someone constantly prevents problems, other people don’t see the problems that were prevented. It’s like someone make complex things look simple and everyone sees the simplicity of the outcome, but not the complexity that was managed behind it. Therefore…
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You Don’t Forget What You Loved
I was asked a technical question about a system I worked on more than 10 years ago. I expected nothing from my mind as a response. But I explained it… and then grabbed a pen. Started sketching. High-level design first.…
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Making Changes When Change is hard: Lessons from the “Digging Alone”
I was asked to fix a broken, complex, organization-wide process that had been building up incorrectly for over a decade, leading to massive operational inefficiencies. The ask was to fix it solo, across 100+ teams, with no formal authority, and…
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The Next Baseline: Why Every Professional Needs Data and Development Skills
When I was looking at the job market in tech hubs, I noticed a pattern: companies weren’t just hiring domain experts but were also demanding data literacy and coding skills across almost every role. Some, like X are hiring large…
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The Paradox of Big Tech: Innovation vs. Bureaucracy
Bureaucratic Trap is a known dilemma in big tech when they hire the best and brightest talent to drive massive innovation and revolutionary change. Examples are legacy tech companies recruiting overqualified or talented candidates in the hope they can transform…
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AI Isn’t Killing Jobs, It’s Stress-Testing Workforces
AI layoffs are not mass replacement. They’re mass restructuring. The strongest stay, the weakest go, just like COVID. I hear it everywhere from university, government agencies, and tech giants: “Huge rounds of layoffs are coming because of AI.” But what…
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Being Amazonian: Numbers Beat Stories
Not Being “Amazonian” Makes You Not Valued by Amazon hiring managers during interviews. Being Amazonian (a person who works for Amazon) means many peculiar things but one thing stands out: be specific and give numbers! If a hiring manager in…
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The One Trait That Makes Followers Die for Their Leader
Let’s say there are great leaders who make followers walk from one end of the world to the other like Alexander the Great, build the impossible like rockets to Mars, or push followers to their limits like Jensen Huang of…
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It’s NOT a Good Time to Be a Startup Founder
The tech startup environment has shifted, and what used to work for entrepreneurs no longer applies. But why? 1. AI Is a Game for Giants – Not Small Players As someone inside these giants, I’ve seen every AI-related startup idea…
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The other’s perspective
There was one colleague who not talked to me much, a quiet one, but was one of the best. Once I left the company, he sent a note in Linkedin: “Your dedication, professionalism, and positive spirit will be truly missed.”…
