Ownership and Batman
Hey there 👋 People often ask, “What makes someone really good at what they do? What makes someone excel?” And my usual go to answer is -Get really good at…
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October 22, 2025
30 Days, No Breaks: What Daily.Dev Taught Me About Writing
Hey there 👋 In today’s post, I want to go over a recent small win if you can call it that. In my preparation to start writing for Substack again,…
August 22, 2025
The First Step (How AI is supposed to work….I think.)
Hey there 👋 It is clear that AI will become the default feature on many products, and in return part of many workflows. If you still choose to do things…
August 22, 2025
Getting Into a Tech Job
Hey there 👋 I've been meaning to write about career roadmaps for a while now. Not because I love frameworks for every situation (even though they can work sometimes), but…
June 29, 2025
What Should Be My Starting Salary?
Hey there 👋 Before we get into today’s topic, I want to share a personal milestone for our community The Wandering Pro. 2 years in, and going strong, we finally…
June 21, 2025
Surviving the Feast and Famine Cycles of Freelancing
Review the full workshop on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvMGADVYFO0 What nobody prepares you for Freelancing has a dirty secret. The hardest part isn't finding your first client. It's surviving after you've found…
April 26, 2025
The Path Less Taken: Freelancing Individual Contributor
Review the full workshop on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGbUcslYAnw The career box In Pakistan, the career roadmap looks the same for almost everyone. Get good at a skill. Work a few years.…
April 12, 2025
Rich Get Richer, Poor Get Poorer – Dev Edition
One quick browse on the interwebs, and you'll see two opposing narratives colliding head-on: "AI will replace developers completely!" "AI is creating the worst generation of developers we've ever seen!"…
March 18, 2025
The AI Interviews
Trust me, the last thing I want is for this blog to become an AI news coverage source. But unfortunately, this tech is impacting every space I can think of…
March 1, 2025
Basics of Starting an Agency: Skills to Learn Before You Make the Jump
Review the full workshop on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2oszANsTlo The agency fantasy vs the agency reality At some point, every freelancer who finds success starts thinking about opening an agency. It feels…
March 1, 2025
Managing Project Milestones as a Freelancer: The Strategy Behind Getting Paid
Review the full workshop on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koo3bjKMYe8 The two things that go wrong in every fixed-price project Fixed-price projects sound simple in theory. You agree on a scope. You agree…
February 20, 2025
Just Another Head Count to Indispensable: The Value Proposition Advantage
Review the full workshop on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_0C5WY7sWE This workshop builds on two earlier pieces. If you haven't read them yet, start there: Becoming Irreplaceable: Communication, Documentation, and Ownership Validating Your…
February 14, 2025