Lucas' Refuge

My current rule of thumb, as I voiced to my mentees and manager alike, is that I proactively ask to work on projects where I can score a B…

After eight years in tech, there are very little career traps I haven't seen. However, the most alarming one to this day occurred when I…

During my career, I've seen countless articles out there acknowledging imposter syndrome. A concept, which I only experienced in practice…

At the surface, a brag doc seems like a simple enough technique. In fact, it can be and, even in the cases you don't put much effort, you'll…

For the vast majority of my career, I had no formal way of tracking my progress – an unfortunate mistake. During yearly performance rounds…

If there is one ability I see engineers overlooking, that is writing. Perplexing as it may be, many don't realize how much eloquent writing…

As I was having a chat with a new teammate, who had just hit the three-week mark with us, we got to speak about what advices I'd have for…

During my first performance evaluation round with my current manager, he has asked me: what is that motivates you at work? To properly…

The other day, as I was trying to spice up my 1on1s, I've proposed to my manager that we played out with the idea of awkward 1on1s. The…

Yes. I used to hate 1on1s. At the beginning of my career, they just felt like an obligation – despite what 1on1s are meant to be or not…

For a long time, I thought doing good work would be enough – my code, among other things, being testament to that. It would be all I had to…

One of those days, as I got to share an idea with a coworker on how to move forward with a project, which has been in the planning phase for…

Roughly speaking, I'd claim that most members of an organization are keen on helping their peers – tech companies being no different in my…

This document is meant to give colleagues a quick rundown on my work preferences, as well as some context about my life. My work hours: I…

I have been an enthusiast of ZeroMQ for quite some time. If there was an opportunity that required some sockets on steroids, I would not…