Bookmark: 3 ‘workplace paradoxes’ to secretly boost your career— by a psychologist
Unlock career growth by mastering three key workplace paradoxes that enhance influence, confidence, and long-term success.
Balancing career opportunities is crucial as too many options can lead to missed long-term growth. Subtle influence is often more persuasive than loud proclamations, as gaining trust quietly establishes true influence. Taking on challenging tasks can increase confidence and proficiency, making difficult accomplishments more rewarding.
Success in your career is often messy, complicated and full of contradictions—but that’s not necessarily bad. The contradictions are not the issue; the real challenge lies in finding ways to resolve them.
3 ‘Workplace Paradoxes’ To Secretly Boost Your Career—By A Psychologist
Why customer tools are organized wrong
This article reveals a fundamental flaw in how customer support tools are designed—organizing by interaction type instead of by customer—and explains why this fragmentation wastes time and obscures the full picture you need to help users effectively.
Infrastructure shapes thought
The tools you build determine what kinds of thinking become possible. On infrastructure, friction, and building deliberately for thought rather than just throughput.
Server-side dashboard architecture: Why moving data fetching off the browser changes everything
How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.
The work of being available now
A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.
The practice of work in progress
Practical essays on how work actually gets done.
Dev reflection - February 20, 2026
I want to talk about the difference between execution and verification. Because something happened this week that made the distinction painfully clear, and I think it matters far beyond software.
Dev reflection - February 18, 2026
There's a moment in any system—a team, a company, a workflow—where the thing you've been optimizing for stops being the constraint. And you don't notice right away. You keep pushing on the old bott...
Dev reflection - February 17, 2026
I want to talk about staging areas. Not the technical kind—the human kind. The places where work goes to sit. The inbox you check before forwarding. The draft folder. The approval queue. The meetin...
Bookmark: Workplace loneliness isn’t getting better [new data]
Discover new data revealing the rise of workplace loneliness and its impact on mental health. Explore effective solutions to foster connection at work.
Gen z’s job-hopping: Smart strategy for growth
Discover why Gen Z's job-hopping is a strategic move for career growth and learn how employers can adapt to retain top talent in a rapidly evolving job market.
Bookmark: The next wave of automation: Will AI disrupt more high-skill jobs?
Explore how AI is reshaping high-skill jobs, driving the need for new skills and offering opportunities in a rapidly evolving job market.