Bireysel Katılımcılar ve Yöneticiler
İş hayatında sıkça karşılaştığımız yöneticilik(management) ve bireysel katılımcı (BK / individual contributor) rolleri, aslında birer yaşam tarzını temsil eder. Bu iki rol, kişi...
Archive November 2023
Posts published in November 2023.
Leading from Where You Are
When we were building Areca, a realtime billing engine for Turk Telekom, we were a small team competing against giants like Amdocs. They had the brand recognition, the scale, an...
The Subtle Art of Listening
I remember being on a Zoom call with a mortgage advisor while he answered messages as I spoke. He did it several times in the same conversation. I manage people myself, so I und...
Coding in Leadership
When you start coding, you start the adventure. It feels like unlocking a new world of logic and creativity. From programming classes where we tried to solve pyramid programs to...
The Power of Consistency
One of my friends from primary school didn’t go to high school. At first, it was a bit surprising, but his family was making kebap, and he wanted to run the family business. Bec...
The Making of a Leader
Leadership, in my eyes, has always been a blend of natural inclination and learned skills. Reflecting on my own path to becoming a leader, I've realized it's not just about inna...
The Path to Leadership
Leadership is not a position. It changes how you see yourself and the people around you. You begin as an individual contributor, focused on your own craft. Over time the path ex...
Embracing TikTok
I've had a TikTok account for a while. I was a passive scroller. But, today I made my first video based on . It's about how building a great team is like cooking a good meal. Yo...
Talent Sourcing Journey
Talent sourcing is one of those things everyone claims to understand until they actually have to do it. On paper, it sounds simple: find great people, hire them, done. But anyon...
Leading Self Managing Teams
When I first started leading teams, I thought being a good manager meant being everywhere. I felt like checking every ticket, joining every status update and so on. I got exhaus...
Cracking Coding Bottlenecks
In software development, we obsess over component benchmarks and algorithmic complexity, chasing milliseconds latency and BigO wins. But, time and after time, I’ve found that th...
Quick Reflexes in Decision Making
Decisions rarely wait for me to feel ready. I’ve lost count of how many times I wished for more data, more clarity, more time but the world kept moving anyway. The art of making...
Achieve More by Meeting Less
Meetings are part of leadership. We need them to align and understand. Yet, we often do it at the expense of action. The success lies in the milestones achieved. In essence, "Fe...
The Metamorphosis of Iron Mike
Just like everyone else, I know Mike Tyson for his performance in the ring. I got into martial arts, so I watched videos of Mike. While enjoying him knocking boxers out, I start...
Becoming a Rockstar Engineer
Every team I have joined had someone everyone knew. Not because of their title, and not always because they were the loudest person in the room. It might not be obvious why at f...
A Weekend in Amsterdam
Ender was in Europe for a business trip and wanted to meet, so we picked Amsterdam and made a weekend out of it. We landed on Friday night and went straight to the hotel, droppe...
Leadership Archetypes
I’ve had all kinds of bosses over the years. Some of them were visionaries. Some others were quiet geniuses. One thing I’ve learned is that if you want to survive and maybe even...
Turning Defensiveness Into Growth
As a leader, part of the job is helping people grow. That usually means giving feedback. And while we often picture feedback as a simple “I share, you listen,” the truth is it o...
Silent Guardians of Quality
Testers are the silent guardians of software. Their work is easy to miss when they do it well. If no critical or highpriority issues reach production, people assume there was no...
Why You Should Read More Code
In university, I have master students studying software engineering. I often ask them one question: how do authors become authors? Do they suddenly start writing great novels in...