I’ve had a TikTok account for a while. I was a passive scroller. But, today I made my first video based on my blog post. It’s about how building a great team is like cooking a good meal. You need the right people, not just a lot of people. I wanted to share a simple thought: making a successful team […]
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 anyone who has ever tried building a real team knows it’s nothing like that. It’s messy. It’s slow. Sometimes it feels like you’re trying to assemble a spaceship out of […]
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 exhausted because you can only do so much. Honestly, my team was frustrated as if I was watching them over all the time. I was doing something wrong. It took […]
In software development, we obsess over component benchmarks and algorithmic complexity, chasing milliseconds latency and Big-O wins. But, time and after time, I’ve found that the real latency lives outside the code. It hides in organisational troubles, slow-motion decisions, and half-written requirements. That’s where velocity goes to die. I’ve rarely seen a project stall because of an algorithm; the drag […]
In the fast-moving world of software development, 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 swift decisions in business is something I’ve had to learn the hard way. It’s less a skill and more […]