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.

Latest Posts

Setting expectations for software engineers is tricky for all managers. Every company has different needs and a different structure, tech stack, and culture. Whenever someone joins a team, one of the manager’s challenges is aligning the...
How Strongly I Recommend It: 10/10 How Likely I Will Gift It: 5/10 The Review This is one of the most fundamental books, not to learn how to read but to increase the information you can extract from any book. The methods, ideas, and...
There is also the other side of this. Let's not put everything on C-level people; we can build some empathy. In the recent event I joined (CTO Craft Con Berlin), Füsun Wehrmann mentioned how the CTO role evolved and how expectations and...
Currently, the tech market is an employer market, not an employee. Organizations are using this to their advantage. But don't forget this situation will change in time. These days, during the interviews, employers can ask all candidates...
Forget about career levels, roles, archetypes, or whatever is written in career frameworks. I have one filter to define a good software engineer. A good engineer is the one I, as a manager or peer, can turn my back on and leave after...
I'm not here to tell you that you should be working for a monthly salary for the rest of your life. Also, it’s not about passive income or financial independence and definitely not a promoter of a hustle culture. That's not the main...
I’ve been advocating for giving space to the people and creating an ownership culture in the team for a while. I’ve seen many managers fail in these and become micro-managers and get stuck in the same role, failing to grow as a leader,...
Jiddu Krishnamurti, whom I admire for his ideas, talks about what binds a person. “Cultures create religions but not the religious man. The religious man comes into being only when the mind rejects culture, which is the background, and...
We had a conversation with one of my designer friends, Maria, a while ago. We talked about the usefulness of engineers' feedback on designs and how to make it helpful. I pondered the topic after our discussion. My friend was doing user...
In a manager’s life, the manager tries to immerse themselves in deep work but fails to do so and ends up in shallow work due to many meetings they can’t avoid. In everything they do, they try to restore energy that was depleted in sudden...
Nature heals all the pains, sufferings, struggles, and challenges. Watching the sunset makes you forget the daily concerns; watching sunrise can give you another perspective. Sitting idle on the beach adds no value to your life in terms...
The reason I’m sending these emails is that I’m challenging myself to write my thoughts to make sense of the world around me. Also, I know that some people have only discovered this road. But it doesn’t mean they share the same...
Recently, we were talking with a few friends about what we would do if we won the Euro Jackpot. With the same friends, we also talked about defining retirement, and in there, we tried to be specific with defining the goal for retirement...
A lot of events happen around us every day—at work, at home, in the city, the country, or the world. New movies come out, concerts are planned, and new books are launched day after day. We glance at them as we prepare our never-ending...
Any leader in a mid-to-large-sized organization has to learn how to run a team or an organization with average talent. You can't always hire the best of the best. You can't scale a team at a good hiring pace when searching for the best...
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