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Be an Action Manager, Not a Task Manager
There’s a fine line between being organized and being trapped. And sometimes, that line is drawn by task management. I’ve been down that...
Chandrasekhar
5 days ago3 min read
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Engineering Management Is Resource Orchestration — Not Just People Management
We often hear, “An engineering manager is not just a people manager.” But what does that actually mean? If we strip away the clichés,...
Deepthi A
5 days ago4 min read
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In a Digital World, Physical Presence Still Builds the Strongest Relationships
Not a complaint. Not nostalgia. Just a clear observation from real life — Even in the AI era, physical movement continues to build what...
Deepthi A
5 days ago4 min read
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The Great Time Illusion: Why the Past Feels Short and the Future Feels Long
Time doesn’t just pass. It shapes us , tricks us , and misleads us —quietly, constantly. There’s a strange asymmetry in how we perceive...
Deepthi A
5 days ago3 min read
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Real-World Salesforce Caching: How Platform Cache Cut Execution Time in a Complex Commission Calculator
Link to GitHub Project 🎯 Why We Needed to Test Platform Cache for Real After deeply exploring caching principles (see Part 1),we didn’t...
Deepthi A
5 days ago2 min read
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Salesforce Caching Isn't Just an Optimization — It's an Engineering Mindset
The Real Purpose Behind Caching When most developers hear "caching," they think: "Make it faster." But what if caching is actually much...
Deepthi A
5 days ago3 min read
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Don’t Ship Features. Solve Problems: The Must-Haves in Every Jira Story
Read about managing a Sprint without a Product Owner. Too many development teams operate on autopilot. A Jira ticket comes in. It says:...
Deepthi A
Apr 183 min read
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Running Agile Without a Product Owner: How to Not Derail Your Sprint
Read about must haves in a Jira story. One of the quiet but real dysfunctions in Agile teams today is this: There’s no product owner....
Deepthi A
Apr 183 min read
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Superiority, Inferiority, and the One Thing That Levels Us All: Time
Inferiority doesn’t begin in the workplace. It’s built layer by layer—through childhood setbacks, social comparisons, health conditions,...
Chandrasekhar
Apr 153 min read
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Obsession of Business Value over Technical Perfection
We’re told to be proactive. To clean up tech debt. To follow best practices.But what if that instinct— to perfect the system technically...
Vikram
Apr 153 min read
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Beyond “Think Like an Architect”: Why Engineers Must Think Like the Business
If you’ve spent any time in the software world, you've probably come across the advice: "Think like an architect." It’s plastered across...
Deepthi A
Apr 133 min read
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Books are Mental HIIT Workouts: Why Reading Still Matters More Than Ever
There’s this recurring thought I’ve been having—and maybe it’s a bit cliché, maybe it’s something you’ve heard before. But still, I want...
Chandrasekhar
Apr 133 min read
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Redefining the Everyday Words: See the Unlocked Confidence
Some words, when truly understood, have the power to shift the way we think, communicate, and even carry ourselves with confidence....
Chandrasekhar
Apr 133 min read
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Why I Stopped Leading with My Hands - Rethinking Body Language for Deeper, More Intentional Conversations
The Conventional Wisdom Most communication trainers emphasize the power of hand gestures.Use them to appear confident, persuasive, and...
Vikram
Apr 132 min read
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Behind the Salesforce Expensive Licensing: Should engineers be worried?
If you’ve ever worked in a large company that uses Salesforce across sales or service teams, chances are you’ve heard the number: “We’re...
Chandrasekhar
Apr 124 min read
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The Crowdsourced Life: Why Forty Feels Like a Pivot
Everything So Far Has Been Crowdsourced Most of what we do—education, career, lifestyle—is just following what the crowd says. The...
Chandrasekhar
Apr 113 min read
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The Daily Stones: Why Opportunity Finds Those Who Keep Building
Everyone Wants the Break. But It Doesn't Come to Everyone. It’s almost a stereotype at this point.People put in hard...
Vikram
Apr 112 min read
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Should You Join Every Tech Talk? Understanding Entitlement, FOMO, and the True Value of Meetings
There’s a non-stop flurry of meetings in today’s engineering world. Tech talks. Brown bag sessions. Demos. Office hours. All-hands. The...
Deepthi A
Apr 92 min read
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The Quiet Career Conversations at Home: Influence, Expectation, and the Role of a Spouse
The Influence We Don’t Talk About Enough In most career journeys, we talk about managers, mentors, promotions, and layoffs. But rarely do...
Deepthi A
Apr 92 min read
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Why Relevance Changes Everything: Learning Better From People Who Speak Your Language
We Don’t Just Learn From Experts. We Learn From Familiarity. There’s a quiet truth about learning we don’t often talk about:We don’t just...
Deepthi A
Apr 92 min read
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