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Almost Promoted
You don’t realize how long you’ve been clapping until your palms hurt and everyone is gone.
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Taha Hussain
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Five Mental Shifts That Turn Juniors Into Seniors
One engineer. Five near-misses. One quiet transformation.
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How to lead engineers
You think you’re leading minds. You’re not. You’re trying to lead something older, heavier, and far less obedient.
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Why Meta passed on Jeff
One question exposed the blind spot that decides promotions.
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Taha Hussain
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4 Lies That Quietly Kill Your Career
You were told a nice story—work hard, keep your nose clean, climb the ladder, win the game. But that story’s got teeth. And it bites.
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Taha Hussain
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3 Things That Engaged My Team
You set the priorities. You repeat yourself. You make it clear. And still, nothing changes. Here’s why.
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Taha Hussain
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3 Steps I Took to Stop Losing My Best People
At Yahoo, my top engineers quit long before they handed in their resignations. I didn’t lose them when they quit. I lost them long before.
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Taha Hussain
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Four Blind Spots of a Technical Leader
They master the code but miss the code behind the code: the human operating system that actually runs their team.
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Taha Hussain
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I Was Promoted for Breaking the Rules
Forget the playbook. The path to the top is paved with broken rules and a healthy dose of "screw it, I'll do it my way."
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Taha Hussain
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How to Survive (and Thrive) in a Toxic Workplace.
My first day at Microsoft started with a war. But it taught me everything I needed to know about surviving a snake pit and becoming a People Whisperer.
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Taha Hussain
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Ace Your Behavioral Interviews with LESSON
It's not what you say, it's how you make them feel.
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