https://jerrymannel.me/tags/career/ Recent content in Career on Jerry Mannel Reghunadh Hugo en-us Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:41:10 -0500 https://jerrymannel.me/writing/2025/half-stack-engineer/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:41:10 -0500 https://jerrymannel.me/writing/2025/half-stack-engineer/ Writing the code is half the job. The other half is everything that happens between your laptop and production — and most of us skip it. https://jerrymannel.me/writing/2024/the-sunday-test/ Sun, 22 Sep 2024 20:23:44 -0500 https://jerrymannel.me/writing/2024/the-sunday-test/ Stripe built one of the best engineering teams in the industry using a simple gut check called the Sunday Test. Here's what it asks. https://jerrymannel.me/writing/2023/to-give-a-damn/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:10:18 -0500 https://jerrymannel.me/writing/2023/to-give-a-damn/ A photo Voyager 1 took from 6 billion kilometers away, and what it has to do with caring about the work in front of you. https://jerrymannel.me/writing/2023/the-underappreciated-skill-of-comprehension/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:09:43 -0500 https://jerrymannel.me/writing/2023/the-underappreciated-skill-of-comprehension/ The biggest red flag in an engineer isn't skill. It's not being able to read a document and understand it without someone explaining it.