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No changes needed, it grabbed my attention and stood out. You clearly know what you are talking about.

But assuming your goal is to make a positive impact in the industry, managers need to be able to read this and get actionable takeaways.

You’ve got my attention as an engineer, but a follow up post for each of these examples would be the place to close the deal. They of course would have to be written with a different (and dare I say more constructive) slant. It needs to be something someone can take to a manager and get a chance of some good conversations. It can still be persuasive, but in order to be actionable I would expect specific examples, clear definitions of the issue, and recommendations that tend to be familiar or standard.

I would do plenty of research too. Because for one thing you need to ensure you are giving correct advice. But it will provide a massive boost to your credibility to include that research in the posts. It will also save your reader the trouble of doing independent research (which they likely would not have done in the first place but still require it for actionable change, or the idea gets shelved). -10x engineers can leave managers no time to do that kind of diligence, but the managers still know better than to blindly trust what someone says on the Internet. Back up your arguments with evidence where possible.

I know it’s a tall order but if you have the time to put that much quality into a series from this, it could be great. I only say this because from what I can see, you do know what you are talking about, and clearly have passion about this.

I look forward to reading anything you do come up with, whatever the approach :)



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