We’ve long known about the Producer-Manager Dilemma (PMD)– the challenge of leading other professionals while continuing to generate and execute work. But the problem is truly exacerbated for experienced rainmakers because the burden of both of those roles is higher, including significant leadership…

A new study shows Millennials are the first [+][-] generation that AI will replace as it puts 38% of Millennial jobs at risk. getty As AI automates more jobs, experts predict that it will replace full-time careers in 2025. Susan Lindeque, CEO of Avestix Group, predicts AI could soon upset the entire…

Recently we learned that Google spent $2.7 billion to re-hire a single AI researcher who had left to start his own company. As Charlie Brown would say: “Good grief.” 🙄 This is an (incredibly!) extreme example. But back in the halcyon days of the zero interest rate phenomenon (ZIRP), smaller versions…

I’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the best time to share your opinion about something is when everyone is all worked up about it. Hot topics drive clicks and eyeballs and attention en masse. Unfortunately, my internal combustion engine…

Moving from an Individual Contributor (IC) to a manager is a significant career step. This is especially true in the ever-evolving tech industry. This change brings new challenges and opportunities to learn. Reflecting on my first couple of years as an Engineering Manager, I realized that the…

My founder friends constantly think about growth. They think about how to measure their business growth and how to get to the next order of magnitude scale. If they’re making $1M ARR today, they think about how to get to $10M ARR. If they have 1,000 users today, they think about how to get to 10,000…

Hybrid work December 19, 2023 Synchro Shoot/Stocksy Summary. Leer en españolLer em português Remote work has exploded since the pandemic struck, and employees like it. In speaking to hundreds of managers about this development, one concern crops up again and again: The shift to remote work is highly…

Layoffs October 9, 2024 Peter Cade/Getty Images Summary. Leer en españolLer em português In today’s climate, large-scale layoffs are in the news often. The industry being hit the hardest right now is tech, with more than 100,000 roles being cut in 2024 so far, including from large companies like…

Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark ReadingMarch 8, 2024 3 Min Read Source: Roman Samborskyi via Alamy Stock Photo Cybersecurity professionals are finding it more attractive to take their talents to the Dark Web and earn money working on the offensive side of cybercrime. This puts enterprises in a…

Maybe you can put it down as another post-Covid trend, such as working from home, but it’s clear something is going on. People working for a range of employers are increasingly hoping to take sabbaticals or extended time off, with many keen to improve their work-life balance by exploring the world…

Nathan Eddy, Contributing WriterSeptember 6, 2024 5 Min Read Source: Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH via Alamy Stock Photo With more than half a million cybersecurity jobs unfilled nationwide in the US, private enterprise and the federal government alike are focusing efforts to help fill the gap…

After experimenting with a number of management roles over the last few years, 37signals is back to its original configuration: None. We once more have no full-time managers whose sole function is to organize or direct the work of others. Everyone doing management here does so on the side, next to…

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Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Showcase is a potentially vulnerable app present in Pixel firmware, designed for Verizon in-store demos. The app is not enabled by default, severely limiting the potential for it to be exploited. Out of an abundance of caution, Google will still update Pixel…

When President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he was ending his campaign for reelection, he took pains to describe his choice as one meant to serve the greater good. “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country,” he wrote in a statement. His decision seemed calculated to…

I always considered myself not especially smart. I mean, I think I have an "eye" or a "nose" for detecting good and bad things in advance, but I developed so many different things during my career that I am not an expert in anything in particular. In Spanish, we have a saying, "Maestro Liendre: De…

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I’ve been doing a lot of swimming over the past few weeks and I’ve regularly been hitting some new personal milestones over the past year. Each milestone brings with in a huge high, an endorphin rush, a personal satisfaction and, honestly, I walk around for the day feeling like a fucking god (I’m…

Bookending Mandy Brown — 08 May 2024 Here’s a small trick that worked for me over the dozen years I led remote teams: at the end of your working day, shut down every app on your machine. Yes, all of them. Stash your tabs somewhere if you must, but close them all down. The only exception that may be…

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I keep a bullet journal. I'm not one of those people you see on Pinterest with the fancy spreads – I mostly just use black ink, the standard setup, and the occasional custom collection. Every time I join a new team, I go to the next fresh page, and on top of that page I write: "WTF - [Team Name]."…

I. The Bumper The trip to Delaware was only supposed to last a day. David Pokora, a bespectacled University of Toronto senior with scraggly blond hair down to his shoulders, needed to travel south to fetch a bumper that he’d bought for his souped-up Volks­wagen Golf R. The American seller had balked…

“I was devastated, but life goes on and I feel fortunate for where I work now,” said Kiew, who never met Musk but witnessed him famously carrying a kitchen sink through Twitter’s San Francisco headqua

My Journey from Discontent to Discovery Two and a half years ago, I found myself at a crossroads. My career path was a patchwork of sales and odd jobs—from pest control to driving for Uber to moving p

The Brutality Reality of Hunting For Cyber Work A New Experience The last 3 months have been a bit of a shock to me and a first in my career. Firstly, a bit on context, as I don’t want this post to be interpreted as conspiracy or the diatribe of an “angry black man”. With that said I’ll provide some…

Maybe it’s all in what you’re used to. In fact, I’m sure it is. I grew up with two, hardworking, blue collar parents—a mechanic, and a cosmetologist. We lived in a town where neighbors looked after neighbors, and the street lights turned off by 9. A town where you have to buffer a few hours for a…

Crafting a standout resume for a cybersecurity practitioner position not only involves showcasing your technical prowess and soft skills but also requires strategic use of keywords to ensure your application passes through automated screening systems. Here’s a restructured guide with an emphasis on…

assume-breach 11 min read· Jan 27, 2024 -- Hi all! So, this is going to be a different type of post. I’ve tried to stay a little off the radar personally with my blogs and Twitter account for a lot of reasons. It’s not hard to find out who I am. I have links to my Twitter account and this blog on my…

Explore vs. Exploit: The Pattern-Novelty Balance 12/10/2025 Understanding how oscillating between exploration and exploitation unlocks maximum enjoyment from life #philosophy #meaning #personal Revisiting the AI Bubble 07/10/2025 Why a major crash, AGI, and millions of jobs replaced aren't mutually…

Recent tech layoffs have left many questioning the industry’s stability. However, a closer look reveals that these layoffs are not a sign of economic struggles, but rather a strategic move by tech companies to realign their priorities and invest in the future. The tech sector is pouring billions of…

I spent a fair portion of my adult life working for large tech companies. In all my interactions with peers, no other topic caused as much cynicism and angst as performance management — that is, the labyrinthine processes the companies follow to decide who to fire and who to reward for exemplary…

A mere 700 IT jobs were added in the US last year compared to 267,000 the year prior, it's claimed. It'd be easy to blame layoffs, but that's not all there is to it, says tech consultancy Janco Associates. Based on analysis of US Bureau of Labor Statistics data by Janco, news that the IT industry…

I’ve created five CodeQL queries that catch potentially potent bugs in the OpenSSL libcrypto API, a widely adopted but often unforgiving API that can be misused to cause memory leaks, authentication bypasses, and other subtle cryptographic issues in implementations. These queries—which I developed…

Explore vs. Exploit: The Pattern-Novelty Balance 12/10/2025 Understanding how oscillating between exploration and exploitation unlocks maximum enjoyment from life #philosophy #meaning #personal Revisiting the AI Bubble 07/10/2025 Why a major crash, AGI, and millions of jobs replaced aren't mutually…

Ben Rothke 6 min read· Sep 12, 2023 -- Press enter or click to view image in full size https://endgamepr.com/ In April, Cybersecurity Ventures reported that there will be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs in 2025. Their research shows that global cybersecurity job vacancies grew by 350%, from…

The following essay is adapted from a social media post. It attracted quite a bit of attention, so I decided to refine the argument here. I spent more than 25 years in tech. If you asked me for advice today, I’d open with a warning: don’t let a corporate job, no matter how great, become your whole…