Karell Ste-Marie

The Serious CTO 2026-03-13

Mar 13, 2026

The Serious CTO 2026-03-06

Mar 6, 2026

Handling Burnout Without Quitting Your Career

Feb 20, 2026

Why Bad Code Gets Rewarded (and Kills Careers)

Feb 12, 2026

The Architecture of Career Atrophy

Feb 5, 2026

The Unwritten Rules of Developer Etiquette

Feb 1, 2026

The Socio-Technical Synthesis

A Lead Researcher’s Comprehensive Framework for Engineering Culture

Jan 30, 2026

The Twelve Commandments of the Serious CTO

Jan 22, 2026

AI Coding Assistants

Not The Silver Bullet

Jan 16, 2026

Why Your "10 Frustrations" List Is Killing Your Career

and what to do

Jan 13, 2026

Being “Helpful” Is Why Your Dev Career Is Stuck

With The Research

Jan 11, 2026

You've seen the 5 mistakes. Here's how to fix them permanently.

Dec 21, 2025

Mistake #5: You have no receipts (and it's costing you promotions)

Dec 20, 2025

Mistake #4: You're sacrificing yourself (and it's killing your career)

Dec 19, 2025

Mistake #3: Your work is invisible (because you don't speak business)

Dec 18, 2025

Mistake #2: Your fast code is burning trust (here's why)

Dec 17, 2025

Mistake #1: You're waiting for permission (and it's keeping you stuck)

Dec 16, 2025

The Estimation Deficit: Unpacking Project Manager Bias, Cascading Consequences, and Developer-Led Mitigation in Modern Software Delivery

Dec 11, 2025

Over-specialization in Programming Languages

The Risks of Being a One-Trick Pony

Oct 20, 2025

The Burnout Dilemma in Tech Careers

Signs and Symptoms of Burnout

Oct 13, 2025

Imposter Syndrome Among Software Developers

Defining Imposter Syndrome

Oct 6, 2025

The Career Traps Developers Fall Into

Identifying Common Pitfalls

Sep 29, 2025

Edition One: We’re Starting Something Career Pitfalls Every Developer Must Avoid

Setting the foundations

Sep 22, 2025