Author: dan

  • Building Teams, Not Just Solving Problems

    Unless you are a lone wolf building something amazing with AI, you will need support from others to achieve your goal, whether it’s a feature, new product, or even a re-org. I’ve had many opportunities to collaborate with different teams and people over the years, and I realized that one approach has benefited me and…

  • Why You Should Interview at Least Twice a Year (and assume your team is too)

    I’ve shared before that I love interviewing (having conducted over 2,500 interviews), but I also really enjoy being in the interviewee’s seat. I can’t remember who it was, but early in my career, someone told me, “The best employees always interview, even when they are content.” I took that to heart and learned through those…

  • Overcoming Impostor Syndrome

    I battled with impostor syndrome for the first two-thirds of my career. Starting at a startup doing network engineering and embedded real-time development, the market was tough, much like today’s. Feeling lucky to have a job, I eventually leaped to Amazon through what I felt was a “lucky and easy” interview. At Amazon, I worked…