The δeltas newsletter October 19th, 2026 The Story of Hard Work & Reward ↓ “I understand you’re not feeling well. I still think it would be best if we can talk in person. Can you make it to the office by 11?” That’s how Dan’s morning started, grabbing a new box of tissues and heading to the car in his sweatpants. Dan’s grogginess disappeared in a flash when Claire started going over his performance review. The Plan would need to be adjusted. The end of 2027 was the goal Dan had set with his...
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The δeltas newsletter August 2026 Your Values Answer Is Genuinely Generic ↓ One of my core memories is about, of all things, values. I was standing at a crowded all-hands meeting, listening to a senior leader talk to us about doing work that matters. They mentioned a line that’s stuck with me all these years later. It’s a mantra I keep returning to: you can only know what your values really are when they are hard to uphold. My daughter started a “Save Planet Earth” club at her elementary...
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The δeltas newsletter August 3rd It Depends On What? ↓ A Senior Manager at a FAANG. Another engineer aiming for a Senior Staff position. Both looking to land their next dream job. Both made the same mistake. For senior roles, the most important interview isn’t system design, coding, or even the newer AI-first interviews. It’s the one interview most candidates prepare the least for: the behavioral interview. It’s also the one with the least amount of information out there. The resource gap is...
3 months ago • 6 min read
The δeltas newsletter July 7th Nobody Knows Anything. Lead the AI Change Anyway. ↓ The five ways AI adoption stalls, and the old-school change playbook that makes it stick. A bunch of my friends have been getting job offers lately. Just... a different kind of job. Driving AI adoption. Companies are literally looking for people who can walk in and help the organization actually adopt AI. And they're willing to pay a lot for it. If you're reading this, you're probably on the cutting edge...
4 months ago • 6 min read
The δeltas newsletter June 2nd A Decade of Silence Meta's latest round of layoffs had me refreshing my LinkedIn feed constantly. I even logged into Facebook to check the Ex-Facebook group for badge posts. Layoffs suck, and it doesn't look like they're going away any time soon. An old coworker who was laid off reached out. It's been years since they interviewed and they realized they were rusty. I don't do interview-preparation any more, but I made the time for them. If there's a small sliver...
5 months ago • 3 min read
The δeltas newsletter May 5th The Five Rings of Loneliness ↓ There's this feeling in your chest. I was young, exercising regularly, and eating reasonably well. Barely sleeping, but I figured three out of four meant it can't be a heart attack. Just a general sense of impending and unavoidable doom. There's an energy to this feeling that accumulates and grows. We survived the 2008 crash, but here we were, on the brink of disaster, just a few years later. Contingencies were planned. Layoff lists...
6 months ago • 5 min read
The δeltas newsletter April 7th AI Needs Its OSI Moment ↓ A 6-layer model that tells you exactly where your AI problem lives "I'm honestly surprised by how quickly you ramped up on the team," my senior engineer told me. I was a few weeks into my role as the engineering manager in a completely new domain. New tech stack, new business space, new company. My first leadership position was a natural progression from a senior technical role, which meant that I was one of the most experienced people...
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The δeltas newsletter March 31st Your Hiring Pipeline Is a Funnel. It Should Be a Net. ↓ I was sixteen years old when I got my first job in tech. I didn't apply anywhere. I didn't have a resume. I uploaded some code I'd written to a BBS. A Bulletin Board System. Kind of like GitHub in the early 90s. It was a bump-mapping effect written in C. A few days later, the home phone rang. Landline. Family line. A guy named Pavel was on the other end. He was expanding a demo-scene team. Two graphic...
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The δeltas newsletter March 23rd The Homer Simpson's Guide to Delegation ↓ Watch the video or keep reading below I want to talk about delegation. And I know, delegation is one of those topics where everyone nods along, says "yeah, I know I should delegate more," and then goes back to doing everything themselves. But here's the thing. The problem isn't that you don't delegate. The problem is that when you do delegate, you might be doing it like Homer Simpson. Homer Simpson. Safety inspector at...
7 months ago • 5 min read
