Candost's Blog

Candost's Blog

Candost

I used to think that reading would make me wise. One day, ten pages before finishing a book, I realized that I had read that same book before. At that point, my perspective on reading and, therefore, my life had changed. Now, I don’t care how many books I read; I take many notes, connect dots, and share what I’ve found on my blog and newsletter. I’m interested in many things at the same time (I’m a multipotentialite). On this blog, you’ll find me talking to about multiple aspects of life like leadership, software engineering, philosophy, psychology, software architecture & design, urban & industrial design, exercising, finance, Formula1 Racing, eating healthy, and many more. I’m a software engineering manager; that’s my current job. At home, I’m a writer and an avid reader. I rarely watch TV, movies or TV series. I don’t have any social media account (except Mastodon where I have automated posting of my new articles). Hence, I often miss the popular culture references in conversations. That’s alright. I don’t have FOMO; I embrace JOMO. I rarely read fictional books.

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The TV and search engines made people think less. They killed intellectual curiosity. Constant access to information that nobody needs pushes people away from fulfilling their curiosity by research. LLM took this to another level. People...
TV changed the world in a way we can’t imagine. In the long term, we can see how much people trust what they see on TV. It became a single source of information for many as it changed people's habits. The Internet did the same. It took...
Once in a while, I see someone struggling to get a promotion at work. They are frustrated and can’t figure out why they haven’t got the promotion. Questions like, “Why does it take too long? Why are they not promoting me even though I’m...
A manager may micromanage a subordinate because they most probably don’t trust the person or they have control issues (which also relate to trust). The manager doesn’t believe that the task will be done right or in the way that they...
When you join a new team, focus on three aspects to understand its state. Audit to learn what’s right and what’s wrong. Process Technology People For each, try to analyze what you can change or influence and understand what you can’t...
If you would like to improve your relationship with someone, compliment them on their good traits. Your compliment will open the doors for someone to like you. The compliment doesn’t even have to be true. But be careful when you give...
When someone gets compliment on something they are doing good, they try to perfect it. For example, if an engineer writing a good Pull Request description 80% of the time, compliment on how they care about doing these things that bring...
When making an investment decision, try to understand why. Do you like someone working there? Do you like the leadership or the culture of the company? Maybe someone famous you like recommended the business? Do you know someone working...
Increase your physical attractiveness when you work. People give more social advantages to the physically attractive. You should not only dress nicely but also take care of yourself. Exercise to stay in shape and take care of yourself....
Similarities create comfort; we like people who are similar to us. When someone we admire and consider, as they know everything, says, “I don’t know,” it creates a familiarity, showing that they are like us; they don’t know. Creating...
While working as a leader, you have better chances to get compliance when people genuinely like you. Work toward offering your team and stakeholders fair judgment and being liked. Your stakeholders will especially try to go the extra...
“It’s the product manager’s job to write Jira tickets.” “I need to get full requirements before starting the implementation.” What’s missing here? It’s the partnership between engineering and product—a lack of product mindset and...
In all engineering problems like tech debt, focus on business case first. Telling executives (like CEO) or product management that tech debt has to be worked on will not work. You have to understand the business first and then find the...
Track capacity allocation in retrospective rather than for future. This way you know what the team spent time on the last month(s). Categorize the work in three categories: tech debt, product improvements, and new features. Once you...
Engineering metrics should live with business metrics in the same system, not in another system. Engineering metrics are part of business metrics and they have to live together. These metrics shouldn’t stay in a system where only...

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