No Fluff Please

I’ve seen countless so-called resume coaches who stuff resumes with flashy buzzwords like ‘scalable’ and ‘fast.’ It’s all fluff, and it doesn’t land real results. A truly impactful CV is about substance over style. Let’s dive into how to craft a CV that stands out by focusing on concrete achievements. I center my approach around “Stay away from adjectives.”  Resume […]

Losing a Top Performer

Over time, I had to manage and help to manage many times when a top performer quits. It sucks but we need to be reasonable. Imagine you’re on a winning streak, your top striker, like El Fenomeno, is scoring crazy, winning you matches. End of the season, they’re out. Well, that’s literally what Bobby Robson had to deal with the […]

Balancing Act of Reliability

Software development involves both creating and maintaining systems. Once you put anything into production, reliability becomes critical. When your systems are not reliable, you face issues in various ways. If you are a SaaS company, you could lose customers. Nobody wants their business to stop because of your reliability problems. They will go to the competition. In B2C, customers cannot […]