After the 2026 cuts at Amazon, Meta, and Oracle, most tech leaders are still clinging to the old idea of job security. Here is the mindset that actually protects you — plus a simple way to measure where you stand right now.
Pursuing promotion at any cost leaves you vulnerable to blind spots and self-imposed career ceilings. Pursuing growth leads to greater self-understanding, more career fulfillment, and an ever-expanding comfort zone — and the promotions will follow.
George R.R. Martin says there are two types of writers: architects and gardeners. There is a useful analogy here for how we approach our careers — plus a third type I'd add to the list.
You check your investments monthly and your insurance rates twice a year. Here is the career hygiene item nobody schedules — and why testing yourself on the job market every 2-5 years is an investment in yourself.
No matter how transparent or opaque your company's promotion process is, there is one strategy that works in all of them: the career conversation. Here is how to initiate it, and why your manager is not going to do it for you.
Your next raise is not going to happen on its own. Here are the three ways to make it happen — including the exact script for the career conversation most people are too afraid to initiate.