Issue 35 August 31, 2024 Welcome to DW News I’m David Weiss, an engineering leader and a solopreneur. I started this newsletter for one reason — to help people like you. I share insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. Thanks for reading and making your growth a priority. Read past issues 3 Easy Steps to a Better Work-Life Balance It’s time to read about one more major mistake I made in my career. Last week I wrote about how to set goals the right way. This week, I want to share why...
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Issue 34 August 23, 2024 Welcome to DW News I’m David Weiss, an engineering leader and a solopreneur. I started this newsletter for one reason — to help people like you. I share insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. Thanks for reading and making your growth a priority. Read past issues 3 Goal-Setting Mistakes I Made (And How I Fixed Them) We’ve made it to part three of my series on major mistakes in my career. Last week I wrote about why you should keep learning. This week I want to...
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Issue 33 August 13, 2024 Welcome to DW News I’m David Weiss, an engineering leader and a solopreneur. I started this newsletter for one reason — to help people like you. I share insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. Thanks for reading and making your growth a priority. Read past issues Stay Curious, Keep Learning Welcome to part two of my series on major mistakes in my career. Last week I wrote about why you should ask for what you want. This week I want to share the importance of...
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Issue 32 August 6, 2024 Welcome to DW News I’m David Weiss, an engineering leader and a solopreneur. I started this newsletter for one reason — to help people like you. I share insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. Thanks for reading and making your growth a priority. Read past issues Ask For What You Want I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my career. A few of them stand out from the rest. And they were preventable. I want to tell you about some of these mistakes so you can avoid them. One...
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Issue 31 July 30, 2024 Welcome to DW News I’m David Weiss, an engineering leader and a solopreneur. I started this newsletter for one reason — to help people like you. I share insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. Thanks for reading and making your growth a priority. Read past issues Blazing My Own Trail in Tech I recently wrote about the time I almost left my software engineering career. I thought this would be a good time to write about how my career started in tech. We all have our...
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Issue 30 July 23, 2024 Welcome to DW News I’m David Weiss, an engineering leader and a solopreneur. I started this newsletter for one reason — to help people like you. I share insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. Thanks for reading and making your growth a priority. Read past issues Navigating Layoffs in 2024: A Survival Guide I got laid off last week. This is the third time I’ve lost my job in the past four years. As you can imagine, I’m going through all the emotions right now. But...
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Issue 29 July 16, 2024 Welcome to DW News I’m David Weiss, an engineering leader and a solopreneur. I started this newsletter for one reason — to help people like you. I share insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. Thanks for reading and making your growth a priority. Read past issues 4 Ways to Get Reinspired at Work Have you ever felt stuck or uninspired in your career? I've gone through phases like this before. And it can be challenging to get through them. I spent some time thinking...
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Issue 28 July 9, 2024 Welcome to DW News I’m David Weiss, an engineering leader and a solopreneur. I started this newsletter for one reason — to help people like you. I share insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. Thanks for reading and making your growth a priority. Read past issues Why I Almost Left My Software Engineering Career In 2023, I nearly ended my 16-year career in software engineering. My career was plummeting. And so was my mental health. It took everything I had to keep...
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Issue 27 July 2, 2024 View in browser / Read time: 4 minutes Welcome to DW News I’m David Weiss, an engineering leader and a solopreneur. I started this newsletter for one reason — to help people like you. I share insights on leadership and entrepreneurship. Thanks for reading and making your growth a priority. Read past issues How to Validate a Business Idea In part one of this series, I shared a few ways that you can find business ideas. Then I mentioned a few methods you can use to pick an...
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