Discussing leadership, we often overlook kindness, focusing more on power and wealth. Yet in reality, the leaders who leave a lasting impact are the ones who choose humanity over dominance. If you want to be remembered well, kindness is a choice for you to make. People often have this notion that harshness is a necessary ingredient for success. I disagree. […]
İş hayatında sıkça karşılaştığımız yöneticilik(management) ve bireysel katılımcı (BK / individual contributor) rolleri, aslında birer yaşam tarzını temsil eder. Bu iki rol, kişisel yeteneklerimiz ve kariyer hedeflerimizle doğrudan ilişkilidir. Büyük şirketler kariyer için bireysel katılımcı ve yönetim yolu sağlar. Kariyer yolculuğumda bu iki farklı dünyanın hem benzerliklerini hem de farklılıklarını deneyimledim. Bu deneyimler, hangi yöneticinin başarılı olduğunu ve hangi bireysel […]
When we were building Areca, a real-time billing engine for Turk Telekom, we were a small team competing against giants like Amdocs. They had the brand recognition, the scale, and the legacy contracts. We had one shot to prove ourselves. In that environment, titles were irrelevant; in fact, we technically didn’t have them. What mattered was execution. If something failed, […]
At its essence, leadership is not about big speeches or decisive commands. It’s about listening. I know it sounds like a cliché but think about how many times you’ve sat with someone and they clearly didn’t care. They avoided eye contact they were distracted by their phone or something else and you could tell their attention was somewhere else. And […]
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 professional work, I used to have fun with coding each day. I chased small wins and learned to debug my own thinking. Each day brought new challenges and opportunities to […]