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Hiatus
September 2, 2024
Please stand by
Considering team leads
August 26, 2024
You don't have to go it alone
From IC to manager, coda
August 19, 2024
Someone has to do it / I'm someone / Therefore...
From IC to manager
August 12, 2024
Mindset, and self-image, don't change overnight
Never stop learning
August 5, 2024
"We must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!"
Moonlighting as (almost) everything else
July 29, 2024
The Swiss Army knife of employees 🇨🇭
Moonlighting as a CSM
July 22, 2024
Mild-mannered customer engineer by day, daring CSM by night. Or maybe the other way around?
Moonlighting as an SE
July 15, 2024
The farmer and the cowman should be friends
Inconsistent messaging will damage your team's reputation
July 8, 2024
Who's on first?
H124 wrap-up
July 1, 2024
It seems like just six months ago I made this joke
Introducing paid support: messaging
June 24, 2024
"Frustrated Scribbles" by tristendomusic is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. We’ve been talking for the last few weeks about converting your company’s technical...
Introducing paid support: designing support tiers
June 17, 2024
Some tiers are tastier than others
Introducing paid support: preparing the team
June 10, 2024
Cash rules everything around me
The Support skills matrix
June 3, 2024
"Hurdle Matrix" by Cayetano is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Troubleshooting any reasonably complex software product is going to require several related...
Getting customers to actually contact Support
May 27, 2024
Do it now or regret it later
Leading a team when you can't do the job
May 20, 2024
Where do you start?
Recovering from being wrong: the expertise trap
May 13, 2024
We have met the enemy and he is us
Recovering from being wrong
May 6, 2024
Controversial opinion: being wrong is no fun!
Support technique multilingue
April 29, 2024
My hovercraft is full of eels
A live troubleshooting checklist
April 22, 2024
You can never have too many checklists
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