The Happy Engineer | Career Success for Engineering Leadership

Watch the Engineering Director Promotion Plan (free): https://youtu.be/ZrRe3O8KHSQ Fear doesn't go away. You just learn to turn the volume up on what matters more. Zach sits down with former F-16 fighter pilot Lt. Col. Waldo Waldman to talk about flying 65 combat missions while battling claustrophobia, why courage isn't the absence of fear, and how engineering leaders build the kind of resilience...

👉 Watch the Engineering Director Promotion Plan (free): https://youtu.be/ZrRe3O8KHSQ Your best people are quietly checked out. And you might not even know it's happening. Zach sits down with leadership consultant Anton Gunn to unpack why injustice in the workplace—not discrimination, but the daily slights, the excluded emails, the teams nobody wants to join—is quietly destroying your culture and...

👉 Watch the Engineering Director Promotion Plan (free): https://youtu.be/ZrRe3O8KHSQ Burnout isn't always about doing too much. Sometimes it's doing the wrong work too well — and most engineers can't tell the difference until they're years deep. Zach sits down with Matt Sevey — mechanical engineer turned self-taught software developer, engineering manager, and founder of My Code Career — to unpac...

👉 Watch the Engineering Director Promotion Plan (free): https://youtu.be/ZrRe3O8KHSQ ​ Happiness isn't a personality trait you were born with. It's a skillset you build — and most engineering leaders have never been taught how. ​ Zach sits down with Dr. Elia Gourgouris, "The Happiness Doctor," to unpack why so many high-achieving engineers stay stuck in their heads, carry around a hundred-pound b...

👉 Watch the Engineering Director Promotion Plan (free): https://youtu.be/ZrRe3O8KHSQ You're one question away from a completely different life. But most engineers stay stuck… because they're asking the wrong ones. Zach sits down with Mark to unpack what happens when a big vision collapses—after building an app that reached millions, he had to delete it and start over. They break down how fear, bu...

👉 Watch the Engineering Director Promotion Plan (free): https://youtu.be/ZrRe3O8KHSQ   Ever felt like a complete failure? What mask are you hiding behind so people don't see the real you? Do you need a new approach to job hunting and interviewing that actually ends with an OFFER?     In this episode, experience the raw courage of Nader Mowlaee. His story of losing the engineering dream, pretendin...

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When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open co...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open co...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open co...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open co...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open co...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open co...

When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career: 1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work. 2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open coac...

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Get the free summary doc from today's episode here!   When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Engineering Career Accelerator™️ Scorecard … foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig de...