Managers change more often than you realize, especially when a company is growing or downsizing. New roles, new org charts, new reporting lines. Other times, you’re shopping around and you find yourself interviewing your future boss and trying to read between the lines. Ultimately, you will have a new manager in one way or another. Sometimes you end up reporting […]
Alright, this is gonna be a long one. And not just a one-time thing. I’ll keep updating it as I write more about leadership. I’ll try to link everything I’ve written before. This one’s the one, just like in the Matrix. All the things I wish I had when I first stepped into managing. There are so many damn questions […]
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. […]
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, […]
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. Because of some family problems, they lost the business and had to start over. I was always surprised by how he did a few things all the […]