Mektup Newsletter

I used to write another newsletter called Mektup. They were casual letters reflecting my learnings and thoughts about software engineering leadership and life and was arriving every second Tuesday. I stopped Mektup and embedded into this blog.

You can see the archive of Mektup here:

• 2023-04-04 Mektup #53: Was Tuckman Wrong?
• 2023-03-07 Mektup #52: Multitasking hides design flaws and lowers the quality
• 2023-02-21 Mektup #51: There is still hope; there will always be hope
• 2023-02-07 Mektup #50: How to Build Habits That Last
• 2023-01-24 Mektup #49: The Craft of Writing Effectively
• 2023-01-10 Mektup #48: Lagom, Clutters in Life, and The Habit of The Rich
• 2022-12-27 Mektup #47: Techniques and Tools for Energy Management
• 2022-12-13 Mektup #46: Energy or Time—Which One to Manage?
• 2022-11-29 Mektup #45: How to Explain Things Clearly
• 2022-11-15 Mektup #44: Returning to Office and Remote Work
• 2022-11-01 Mektup #43: Mektup is changing—Failures and Reflections
• 2022-10-18 Mektup #42: How to Answer Hiring Manager Interview Questions
• 2022-10-04 Mektup #41: One Thing At A Time: Multitasking for Software Engineers
• 2022-09-21 Mektup #40: Pros and Cons of Changing Tech Stacks
• 2022-09-06 Mektup #39: How I got a promotion offer from another company
• 2022-08-23 Mektup #38: Can you get a promotion by changing jobs?
• 2022-08-09 Mektup #37: Mentoring vs. Coaching vs. Teaching
• 2022-07-26 Mektup #36: How to Become A Great Mentor
• 2022-07-13 Mektup #35: Don't call people resources
• 2022-06-28 Mektup #34: Process Thinking
• 2022-06-14 Mektup #33: One milestone and five articles
• 2022-05-31 Mektup #32: Product Shouldn't Be Left to Product Managers
• 2022-05-17 Mektup #31: Non-Engineers Leading Engineering Teams
• 2022-05-03 Mektup #30: The Exceptional Books, Articles, Videos, and Communities That Made Me a Better Engineering Leader
• 2022-04-19 Mektup #29: Building correct relationships will help you climb the Ladder
• 2022-04-05 Mektup #28: Changing jobs to seek happiness won't bring you what you want
• 2022-03-22 Mektup #27: Unstuck yourself from the ideas that go nowhere
• 2022-03-08 Mektup #26: How to Create a Definition of Done in Your Team
• 2022-02-22 Mektup #25: You Need A Definition of Done in Your Team
• 2022-02-08 Mektup #24: One of the best superpowers you can get as an engineering leader
• 2022-01-25 Mektup #23: The closest you can get to a leading role: hosting a workshop
• 2022-01-11 Mektup #22: What should you expect from your manager?
• 2021-12-28 Mektup #21: Which skills should you learn in 2022? and How?
• 2021-12-14 Mektup #20: The Rule of Three to Avoid Bias
• 2021-11-30 Mektup #19: How to Prepare for Your Annual Review
• 2021-11-16 Mektup #18: What did you learn during the last month?
• 2021-11-02 Mektup #17: Pair programming is not only for you.
• 2021-10-19 Mektup #16: Why do you hide your goals and ambitions?
• 2021-10-05 Mektup #15: You don't need a title to be a leader!
• 2021-09-21 Mektup #14: How often do you go out of your comfort zone?
• 2021-09-07 Mektup #13: How do you contribute to the problem?
• 2021-08-24 Mektup #12: Stairway to the Promotion
• 2021-08-05 Mektup #11: Do you know what's coming next?
• 2021-07-22 Mektup #10: The Career Frameworks
• 2021-07-08 Mektup #9: Personal Ego vs. Team Ego
• 2021-06-24 Mektup #8: Architectural Thinking
• 2021-06-10 Mektup #7: The Role of A Software Architect
• 2021-05-27 Mektup #6: Why should you deploy your code in smaller chunks and release software often?
• 2021-05-13 Mektup #5: How to choose what you should focus on next? The case of prioritization and decisions...
• 2021-04-29 Mektup #4: Deep Work, 1:1s, Estimations, Conflicts, Documentation, Protective Leadership
• 2021-03-25 Mektup #3: Effective 1:1s, DevOps, Atomic Habits, Staff Engineer & more
• 2021-02-25 Mektup #2
• 2021-01-28 Mektup #1