Posts
All the articles I've posted.
Senior Engineer Job Search Preparation
Published: at 12:53 PMA detailed guide to preparing for senior engineering interviews, based on my experience interviewing at major tech companies in 2022.
My Experience with the Amazon Promotion Process
Published: at 10:20 AMWhen I started at Amazon, the promotion process felt like a mystery. Here's what I learned about why Amazon takes a cautious approach to promotions and how I navigated the two-year journey.
Backfill Considerations
Published: at 03:20 AMPlanning a data backfill? Here are the key considerations: impact assessment, rollback strategies, monitoring, and how to avoid common pitfalls that can bring down production systems.
Reflections on my Amazon Career
Published: at 12:57 AMAfter four years at Amazon, I wanted to learn what made Amazon successful across so many industries. Here's what I learned about engineering culture and Leadership Principles during my time there.
Giving Feedback When You're New
Published: at 01:53 PMHow to give effective feedback as a new team member: building trust, asking good questions, and providing constructive input without overstepping boundaries.
Load Testing at Scale and Lessons Learned
Published: at 12:00 PMLessons learned from designing and testing a service to handle hundreds of thousands of requests per second, including practical strategies for load testing at scale.
Getting Unstuck
Published: at 01:00 PMThrough the years of talking with engineers in one-on-ones, there's a common conversation about asking for help: How do I find what I need if I don't know where to look?
My Path to Software Engineering
Published: at 12:35 PMI've gone between software engineering and film for most of my career. People often wonder about my unusual career path so I'd like to share how I wound up here.
The Princess and the Pea
Published: at 09:35 AMLike the princess who could feel a pea through twenty mattresses, sometimes being sensitive to small problems is exactly what teams need to prevent bigger issues.
Don't Just Bake Me a Cake
Published: at 03:35 AMIn design, it can be frustrating to receive a cake - a finished product that can't change. Instead, I find it more effective to include examples of the forks in the road and alternatives.