Staying Relevant Without Burning Out
How to build a long, sustainable career in software engineering without chasing every trend or losing yourself in the process.
How to build a long, sustainable career in software engineering without chasing every trend or losing yourself in the process.
Why every generation of software chases the next big thing — and how to tell real progress from expensive experimentation.
How deployment, infrastructure, and reliability became part of the software engineer’s job — whether we wanted it or not.
Why every software engineer eventually faces the question of depth versus breadth — and why there’s no universal right answer.
Why frameworks come and go, but the core of software engineering stays the same — and how to think about tools without chasing trends.
Why the software engineering career ladder breaks down after senior, and what growth actually looks like beyond job titles.
Exploring the evolution of the software engineering role, the shift from writing code to systems thinking, and what it means to grow as a senior engineer in 2026.