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The Black Hole of Engineering Spend
In the relentless corporate grind, R&D budgets transform into black holes as engineering costs escape scrutiny. We're desperately chasing innovation…
 • Jim Hughes
Throwing Away Your Legos
If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably the sort of person who has heard the advice to Give Away Your Legos. It’s the notion that as your company…
 • Jim Hughes
Management by Model
Leading at Scale Without Drowning
 • Jim Hughes
What is your next great regret?
Chasing dreams is a seductive trap that keeps us anchored in unfulfilled aspirations. We lament lost time while trapped in comfortable routines…
 • Jim Hughes
27 Lessons from 8 Years of Management
Today marks my 8th consecutive year in management, and with it I’m taking a couple-month sabbatical as an individual contributor.
 • Jim Hughes
Leading By Example Considered Harmful
Ok not really but it isn't a magic panacea either.
 • Jim Hughes
Passion in the Workplace
The zombie apocalypse is real and you can find it at work
 • Jim Hughes
Apple Pie Opinions
How to move your mouth but somehow say nothing at all
 • Jim Hughes
Succeeding as a Mid-Career Hire
Starting your first job is tough: you have to juggle learning the ropes of professional life alongside skilling up as a new engineer.
 • Jim Hughes
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Engineering management in anger. Essays about leading people, pressing buttons for a living, committing economic violence upon my foes, and finding agency + fulfillment. A mixed-media catastrophe of personal anecdotes and career advice.

lol, no

Engineering management in anger. Essays about leading people, pressing buttons for a living, committing economic violence upon my foes, and finding agency + fulfillment. A mixed-media catastrophe of personal anecdotes and career advice.
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