Peter was laid off as a senior manager and only applied for senior manager roles — even though director-level positions were right there. The mechanics of interviewing were rusty after six years, but the real obstacle was the ceiling he had quietly put on himself. Here is how he landed an Associate Director role in a brutal market.
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After the 2026 cuts at Amazon, Meta, and Oracle, most tech leaders are still clinging to the old idea of job security. Here is the mindset that actually protects you — plus a simple way to measure where you stand right now.
Eleven patterns I have seen repeatedly while coaching senior engineers, product leaders, directors, and VPs. I wish someone had told me number 9 when I was on the hiring side.
One type is complaining about how bad the job market has become. The other is landing roles while everyone else is still refreshing job boards. Here are the four things that separate them — none of them magic.
One belief followed me across every company I worked at: the best solutions never came from telling engineers what to build. They came from showing them why it needed to be built. Here is what happens when you bring engineers into the problem early.