Newsletter (Mektup)
#53: Was Tuckman Wrong?
Mektup #52: Multitasking hides design flaws and lowers the quality
Mektup #51: There is still hope: there will always be hope.
Mektup #50: How to Build Habits That Last
#48: Lagom, Clutters in Life, and The Habit of The Rich
#47: Techniques and Tools for Energy Management
#46: Which One to Manage: Time or Energy?
#45: How to Explain Things Clearly
#44: Returning to Office and Remote Work
Mektup #43: Mektup is changing: Failures and Reflections
#42: How to Answer Hiring Manager's Questions in Interviews
The research is clear: people cannot perform two attention-demanding activities simultaneously. People like software engineers need focus, and context-switching harms their train of thought. The ne...
Lately, I had a conversation with an iOS developer who wants to change to the gaming industry and asked me how I changed my tech stack and my experience. I wrote about it, its effects on the career...
Getting a promotion offer from another company is more challenging. Companies prefer promoting inside instead of hiring inexperienced people. This week on Mektup, I talked about what I did to get a...
Getting a promotion by changing jobs is a difficult journey. It's possible but not easy. This week's Mektup is dedicated to this journey, which I also took some time ago. #38: Can you get a promoti...
We often confuse mentoring with coaching and coaching with teaching. The benefits of coaching, mentoring, and teaching are different. Engineers must separate each role and learn which one they need...
Proactive mentorship will be one of the milestones in your leadership career. Being a mentor always elevates you and your mentee. Being a great mentor sets you apart. Mektup #36: How to Become A Gr...
Process thinking is an effort to "make the place better than you found." Thinking about processes helped me grow into leadership. Many engineers either create too many processes and get lost within...
Calling people resources dehumanizes them. It's not ethical and also affects the company culture badly. We have to choose alternatives whenever we can. As a leader, your job is not to see people as...
This month candost.blog passed a big milestone of 100,000 page views from whopping 94,000 visitors like you! In honor of achieving the milestone, I will keep it short and recommend five articles I ...
Up until my mid-level engineering, I didn’t think about the product and focused on writing and delivering good code and software design. Product Thinking helped me go beyond mid-and senior-level wh...
It's essential to understand the system's technical fundamentals when designing software teams unless you have a great support group. Mektup #31: Can non-engineer leaders be successful in leading e...
I wrote the nine essential resources for engineering leaders, staff engineers, and engineering managers. The Exceptional Books, Articles, Videos, and Communities That Made Me a Better Engineering L...
When you’re a leader, your goal is not to learn everything in the organization; it is to know who to go to when you have a question. Build trustful and solid relationships with people who will advo...
Think twice—or even three times—before sending your resignation letter. Evaluate the situations and your perspective together. How you think about any problem can impact your happiness more than yo...
Many engineers get stuck in one approach or idea and try to apply the same to different problems. This mindset leads to conflicts and difficult situations in the projects. #27: Unstuck yourself fro...
In the last Mektup, I talked about why you need to develop a Definition of Done and what it is. Today, I talked about creating one in the team and how to define common expectations with stakeholder...
In the last Mektup, I mentioned the Definition of Done when discussing reliability. In this week's Mektup, I want to dig deeper into it and explore why you and your team need one. Mektup #25: You N...
Mektup #24: One of the best superpowers you can get as an engineering leader: reliability
Many software engineers focus on themselves to grow into Staff+ and manager roles. However, these roles require growing others around you. One of the ways to develop people around you is by hosting...
In the last Mektup, I talked about which skills you should learn in the new year. Improving your skills and learning new ones help you take a step forward. However, you can't do these things alone....
New issue of the Mektup arrived on your inboxes today. This week the topic was: Which skills should you learn in 2022? and How? Here is a sneak preview, you can check the archives on my blog and su...
Wherever we face a problem, we have to find a minimum of three solutions. Not one, not two, but three. Why? Read it in my latest letter. Mektup #20: The Rule of Three to Avoid Bias
💫 A new issue of my newsletter is headed your way! Check out all the issues and subscribe below! 👇 Mektup #19: How to Prepare for Your Annual Review
I've sent the 18th issue of my newsletter. This time it was with a twist. Mektup #18
I published the new issue of my biweekly newsletter. This week, I talked about my experience with designer-developer pairing and extracting our existing operations, and applying them to different s...
I sent out the latest issue of my newsletter, Mektup. This week, I talked about how to become a leader without having the title. You can subscribe here and get the issue as a gift!
Today, I sent out the 14th issue of my bi-weekly newsletter, Mektup. This time the topic was changing roles and the importance of working in different disciplines. This is my tech stack timeline: A...
Today, I sent out the 13th issue of my bi-weekly newsletter, Mektup. This time the topic was conflict management. I had a conflict in the team a few years ago. Thanks to the coaching and help from ...
Today, I sent the 11th issue in my newsletter, Mektup. The topic was dealing with uncertainty. Sign-up and get the latest issue as a gift!
Today, I sent the 10th issue in my newsletter, Mektup. The topic was career frameworks. Sign-up and get the latest issue as a gift!
I sent the ninth issue of my bi-weekly newsletter called Mektup.
Today, I sent the new issue in my newsletter, Mektup. The topic was Technical Depth vs. Technical Breadth. Sign-up and get the latest issue as a gift!
Mektup 7: The Role of a Software Architect
Mektup 6: Why should you deploy your code in smaller chunks and release software often?
Launched a newsletter called Mektup! Regular and actionable emails that make software engineering and leadership more delightful than ever. Here is the first issue: Mektup #1
The new issue is up, check your inboxes! Mektup #2
I published my monthly newsletter, Mektup.
I sent a new issue in my newsletter. Normally, I was sending monthly. However, I enjoy writing a newsletter and I am willing to send it more often. Mektup #5: How to choose what you should focus on...
I published the third issue of my monthly newsletter, Mektup. In this month our topics are Effective 1:1s, DevOps, Atomic Habits, Staff Engineer & more.