The Hidden Weight of Leadership
Leadership isn’t heavy because of authority. It’s heavy because of responsibility, and the invisible pressure that comes with it.
Career Survival
How to make it through a tech career without losing your identity, your sanity, or your weekends.
Leading Your Former Peers Is Hard Because Nobody Tells You the Rules Changed
Getting promoted inside your own team does not make you powerful. It makes everything awkward, quiet, and tense, because the rules changed and nobody bothered to tell you.
From Firefighter to Force Multiplier: The Real Job of a Tech Lead
Most tech leads think their job is to fight fires. In reality, their real value is building systems that prevent fires in the first place.
This Is Not Another Leadership Podcast
Lead Don’t Ctrl exists because control-based leadership is quietly burning out tech teams.
Episode 0 sets the foundation, why this podcast exists, who it’s for, and why clarity beats micromanagement every time.
Hard Work Won’t Save Your Tech Career
Hard work doesn’t get you promoted in tech, it gets you more work. If you’re exhausted, overlooked, and still “almost senior,” this post breaks down the trap high performers fall into and how to escape it.