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Yapay Zekâ Çağında Bilgisayar Mühendisliği

Son aylarda, ister posta kutumdan, ister web sitem üzerinden, isterse tanıdıklar aracılığıyla olsun, hep aynı soruya cevap veriyorum: “2025’te bilgisayar bilimi okumak hâlâ mantıklı mı?” Ekonomi yavaşlamışken, yapay zekâ neredeyse her sektöre uzanmışken ve işe alımlar daralmışken, bu soru hem öğrencileri hem de kariyer değiştirmeyi düşünenleri haklı olarak endişelendiriyor.

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Building Remote Teams

You’ve probably heard stories of big tech companies cutting thousands of jobs in US and hiring double that number in India, blaming AI for the shift. Everyone’s first thought is likely cheap labor. While cost is certainly part of the equation, it’s not the whole picture. Many other factors are at play, including follow the sun models, talent density, and government incentives. As you know…

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From Idea to Launch in 2 Weeks

Everyone’s been talking about LLMs. I didn’t want to be too late to the party. When everyone’s talking about doomsdays scenarios, I just wanted to see for myself. As an engineering leader, I spend a lot of time thinking about productivity, tooling, and how engineers work best. But it’s easy to lose touch with the day-to-day of building. So I rolled up my sleeves and built a few things.

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Reflecting on Software Engineering Handbook

One year. May 2024. Back then, we were riding high, celebrating the launch of this Software Engineering Handbook with an amazing trip to Iceland. Five days of glaciers and waterfalls, finally enjoying the fact that we finished up a two year project. We thought we’d cracked it, pouring our hard won experience into a guide for anyone navigating the software engineering business. Our book was born…

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Representing the Business

The other day, someone asked me why we even need managers. What do they actually do? I think it’s a fair question, and honestly, people get it wrong a lot. You can throw usual fluff to this question. Managers make sure things get done, keep people on track, and handle logistics. Obviously, that’s part of it. But you know yourself, that’s just the tip of the iceberg in many ways…

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Why Do We Need Managers?

The other day, someone asked me why we even need managers. What do they actually do? I think it’s a fair question, and honestly, people get it wrong a lot. You can throw usual fluff to this question. Managers make sure things get done, keep people on track, and handle logistics. Obviously, that’s part of it. But you know yourself, that’s just the tip of the iceberg in many ways…

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New Manager Survival Guide

Alright, this is gonna be a long one. And not just a one-time thing. I’ll keep updating it as I write more about leadership. I’ll try to link everything I’ve written before. This one’s the one, just like in the Matrix. All the things I wish I had when I first stepped into managing. There are so many damn questions when you start managing. What should I be doing? Am I doing it right?

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Take Self Reviews Seriously

This isn’t the first and definitely won’t be the last time I find myself in a conversation about the importance of self check-ins, performance reviews, and all that so-called “reflection” stuff. It’s funny how this mindset shows up at every level. Everyone including people leaders seems to have this fun little idea that they don’t need to take it seriously. The weirdest part? Most of those same…

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Chasing Real Respect

You can fake a lot of things in business. Authority. Expertise. Competence. But you can’t fake certain traits, like respect. Think about the managers you’ve had in the past. The good ones. The bad ones. People do respect good managers. Why? You remember how it felt to work with them. I bet it felt safe, challenged, trusted and a few more. In contrast, no one respects the bad ones. Not really.

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The Invisible Difference

There are plenty of skills you can pick up along the way. Some come from books, some through experience. A lot of it is just trial and error. And some from self reflection. You figure things out such as writing a better email, managing your time, and so forth. If you’ve done even a little research, you’ll hear the usual suspects: communication, delegation, leadership, productivity.

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