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Dec 16, 2020

Using Systems Thinking to Understand Personal Finance

I always struggled with double-entry accounting, even after I got an MBA. I could do it and mostly memorized my way through a lot of the jargon, but it wasn’t until I took a systems view to accounting that I really understood the mechanics of how things worked. …

Software Development

12 min read

Using Systems Thinking to Understand Personal Finance
Using Systems Thinking to Understand Personal Finance

Oct 11, 2020

I’m listening — it’s just that my mind is racing

I’m listening to what you’re saying. I’m sorry if it feels like I’m not. It’s just that my mind is racing. My mind is racing most of the time. It races harder when I try to stop it from racing. It’s not an “inner monologue”. Inner monologues, I presume, are…

Self Improvement

2 min read


Sep 20, 2020

Disrespectful Design — Users aren’t stupid or lazy

Originally published on somehowmanage.com, I’m publishing it here for posterity. There’s also a fun comment section on HackerNews around this article. It’s a common narrative in tech to design products with the assumption that users are stupid and lazy. I think that is both disrespectful and wrong. The idea is…

Software Development

5 min read


Sep 2, 2020

If you can’t put it in words, you can’t put it in code

I often write design documents even if no one will read them. There are a lot of resources out there on how to write good design documents. …

Software Development

2 min read

If you can’t put it in words, you can’t put it in code
If you can’t put it in words, you can’t put it in code

Published in The Startup

·Jul 10, 2020

The Software Over-specification Death Spiral

I see a common pattern with startups and teams I’ve advised or been a part of. I call it the Software Over-specification Death Spiral, or SODS for short. It looks like this: Product Manager (or CEO, Engineering Manager, etc) drafts up some sort of specifications or requirements for a new…

Software Development

3 min read

The Software Over-specification Death Spiral
The Software Over-specification Death Spiral

Published in The Startup

·Jun 7, 2020

Software as a Liability

On many teams I’ve advised or been a part of, code is generally viewed as an asset. Only some code, the “bad code”, is considered technical debt. The highest-performing teams, however, viewed things differently. For them, all code is technical debt on some level. Programming vs. Software Engineering Software requires two broad classes of…

Software Development

7 min read

Software as a Liability
Software as a Liability

Published in Index

·Sep 9, 2019

How Can I Avoid Turning Talented Workers Into Crappy Managers?

Learn how to tell who is a great worker, and which of your workers can be great leaders — Growing teams need managers, and who better to manage a team than someone who is already part of one? While that may be true, picking the right person to become a team manager can be a lot harder than it looks. …

Leadership

11 min read

How to Avoid Turning Your Best Talent Into Crappy Managers
How to Avoid Turning Your Best Talent Into Crappy Managers

Published in Towards Data Science

·Jul 14, 2019

Dopamine-driven development

Over the past few weeks, after joining Monarch, I started writing code again. For context, save for a few side projects here and there, I haven’t written much code in the past two years (focusing instead on management, writing, and product). The first thing that stood out: I am somewhat…

Programming

5 min read

Dopamine-driven development
Dopamine-driven development

Jun 17, 2019

I’ve Joined Monarch Money!

I left Quora about 5 months ago. Last week, I joined Monarch Money. I’d like to talk about why I made those decisions, and I hope this will be useful for others who are thinking through their careers. Leaving Quora Last year, my wife and I had a baby (little Ahmed Osman…

Startup

6 min read

I’ve Joined Monarch Money!
I’ve Joined Monarch Money!

Published in HackerNoon.com

·Jan 2, 2019

Beyond the Recruiting Funnel: The Candidate Climb

If you are a founder or manager, one of the highest-leverage activities you can conduct is hiring. And in our competitive market, it’s just not something you can afford to screw up. A common model for recruiting processes is the recruiting funnel. From a company’s perspective, if you look at…

Hiring

6 min read

Beyond the Recruiting Funnel: The Candidate Climb
Beyond the Recruiting Funnel: The Candidate Climb
Osman (Ozzie) Osman

Osman (Ozzie) Osman

Co-founder, Monarch Money. Ex-Quora, Google.

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