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Gregor Ojstersek
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Gregor Ojstersek writes Engineering Leadership, a personal blog at newsletter.eng-leadership.com about career and programming. Since 2023, 31 different Hacker News readers have linked it 95 times, most often “Biggest productivity killers in the engineering industry”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
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Most-linked posts?
- Biggest productivity killers in the engineering industry5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2023-12-17
- 96% Engineers Don't Trust AI Output, yet Only 48% Verify It2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-09
- A Fake Tech Company Scam2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-20
- You can have a successful career in engineering without being a manager2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-09-16
- Blameless culture should be a standard in the engineering industry2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-03-03
- How to build good relationships inside and outside your engineering team2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-07-22
What Hacker News says?
I have a newsletter blog called Engineering Leadership ( https://newsletter.eng-leadership.com/ ) and I write about (you guessed it :)) topics that are all things Engineering Leadership related. The goal is to help: - Engineers who want to progress their careers. - Engineering leaders in the engineering leadership role for the first time. - Seasoned engineering leaders who want to stay up-to-date. - Founders who wan…
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted Good Culture Is the Biggest Productivity Hack, Not AI as a story · 483 points
HN discussionSubmitted Perfectionism – one of the biggest productivity killers in the eng industry as a story · 155 points
HN discussionSubmitted Biggest productivity killers in the engineering industry as a story · 68 points
HN discussionSubmitted Context-switching – one of the worst productivity killers as a story · 60 points
HN discussionSubmitted Engineer's guide to convincing your Product Manager to prioritize technical debt as a story · 45 points
HN discussionSubmitted Keep a brag list of the wins you achieved, thank me later as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to build good relationships inside and outside your engineering team as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Saying "I don't know" Is a Sign of Seniority For Me as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Best engineers are focusing on helping others as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Fake Tech Company Scam as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Productivity Hacks Every Engineer and Manager Should Know as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Have developers started to adopt "vibe coding" significantly? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why engineers hate meetings and how to fix it as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted I am not a fan of heroism in the engineering industry as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Become a CTO as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Technical Should an Engineering Manager Be? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Companies Should Prioritize Culture over Obsession with AI Tools as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted LLMs: Common Terms Explained, Simply as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Engineering Leaders Stay Calm and Effective When It Gets Personal as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Ace Engineering Manager Interviews as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Productivity Hacks Every Engineer and Manager Should Know as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons learned setting up a global engineering org at Google as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted From Engineer to Principal Solutions Architect at AWS with Prasad Rao as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Biggest productivity killers in the engineering industry as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to have a top performing, healthy and active day as an engineer or a manager as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted From Tech Lead to Team Lead as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blameless culture should be a standard in the engineering industry as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The power of questioning your first instinct in the engineering industry as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Onboarding with LLMs as a story · 2 points
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