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The Gap-Finder’s Advantage
How spotting what’s missing accelerates careers and grows leaders
Aug 6
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Ilija Eftimov
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The Gap-Finder’s Advantage
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July 2025
Your PM is Gone, What Now?
The tactical playbook for engineering managers suddenly doing product management too (spoiler: it's terrible, but survivable)
Jul 17
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Ilija Eftimov
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Your PM is Gone, What Now?
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The Strategic Art of Half-Assing (And Why Your Team Needs It)
When to deliberately take the quick path && how to do it without career damage
Jul 11
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Ilija Eftimov
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The Strategic Art of Half-Assing (And Why Your Team Needs It)
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May 2025
Scalability Under Scrutiny: Will the Technology Crumble Under Growth?
A technical deep-dive into evaluating startup scalability: what to check, what to ask, and when to walk away
May 9
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Ilija Eftimov
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Scalability Under Scrutiny: Will the Technology Crumble Under Growth?
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April 2025
Fix it, Flag it or Forget it? A Practical Technical Debt & Bug Triage Framework
A hands-on framework for engineering leaders for classification and prioritization of bugs and issues
Apr 22
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Ilija Eftimov
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Fix it, Flag it or Forget it? A Practical Technical Debt & Bug Triage Framework
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How I Balanced Technical Debt and Delivery Pressure in a High-stakes Launch
Making deliberate choices when speed trumps perfection
Apr 8
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Ilija Eftimov
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How I Balanced Technical Debt and Delivery Pressure in a High-stakes Launch
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September 2024
The Shortest Path to User Value in Product Engineering Projects
A set of questions and mental models I've found useful to challenge the status quo and ship value to users faster
Sep 27, 2024
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Ilija Eftimov
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The Shortest Path to User Value in Product Engineering Projects
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May 2024
Why Skipping 1:1s as a Manager is a Terrible Idea
A list of 6 non-obvious side-effects of managers skipping 1:1s with their reports.
May 1, 2024
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Ilija Eftimov
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Why Skipping 1:1s as a Manager is a Terrible Idea
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April 2024
Why Reorganizations are the Kryptonite of Productivity, Product Engineering and well-gelled Teams
Stable organizations might appear slow. But smooth means fast.
Apr 23, 2024
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Ilija Eftimov
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Why Reorganizations are the Kryptonite of Productivity, Product Engineering and well-gelled Teams
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How Engineering Managers can Help Tech Leads on Projects in Duress
A practical guide on how to help tech leads when the going gets tough and the pressure builds up
Apr 9, 2024
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Ilija Eftimov
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How Engineering Managers can Help Tech Leads on Projects in Duress
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March 2024
The Ignorant Engineering Leader
How being open about your knowledge gaps can make your a better engineering leader, with practical examples.
Mar 25, 2024
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Ilija Eftimov
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The Ignorant Engineering Leader
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How to Conduct an Annual Performance Review as an Engineering Manager
🎁 Absolutely everything you need to know, plus a performance review tool for subscribers.
Mar 4, 2024
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Ilija Eftimov
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How to Conduct an Annual Performance Review as an Engineering Manager
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