Tokyo Tech Lead
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
💬 Career Decision Consulting
Learning Roadmap
Archive
About
Welcome to Tokyo Tech Lead 🎉
This is where I share my experiences as a Software Engineer & Leader, including actionable advices for senior-level mindset.
Feb 24, 2025
•
Adler Hsieh
14
1
The Performance Review Timeline Nobody Explains to You
What happens from the beginning to your final rating, explained by a manager
Jul 5
•
Adler Hsieh
4
What Engineers Do All Year to Get Great Ratings?
A manager's breakdown of the effective habits before review season.
Jun 28
•
Adler Hsieh
8
Most Popular
View all
7 Signs You're Underperforming as an Engineer
Nov 19, 2024
•
Adler Hsieh
35
1
6
I Achieved Zero Goals in 2025 (And I’m Glad I Did 😄)
Dec 20, 2025
•
Adler Hsieh
27
9
3
I’m Opening Up 1:1 Career Coaching for Tech Professionals 🎉
May 31, 2025
•
Adler Hsieh
20
4
2
What Keeps You “Not Quite Senior Yet”
Oct 24, 2025
•
Adler Hsieh
16
2
Ownership Is Where Many Engineering Careers Stall
Feb 9
•
Adler Hsieh
18
1
My Path Into Tech: What Worked, What Sucked, What Stuck
Mar 27, 2025
•
Adler Hsieh
and
Jenny Ouyang
18
15
3
Latest
Top
Discussions
Your Manager Already Decided Your Rating. You Just Don't Know It Yet.
Here's what impacts it before you even start writing your self-review, from a manager's perspective
Jun 15
•
Adler Hsieh
7
1
Your Performance Review Feedback Makes No Sense. Here's Why.
An engineering manager breaks down the three most common feedback problems — and what to do about each one.
Jun 9
•
Adler Hsieh
8
1
You Got "Not Meeting Expectations" But It's not Always Your Fault
The hidden quota system behind your performance rating
May 25
•
Adler Hsieh
4
What Your Manager Is Thinking When You Complain
Three things managers notice when they hear you complain during 1-on-1 meetings
May 21
•
Adler Hsieh
11
2
Your Recruiter Lied to You (Not on Purpose)
Why recruiter promises carry zero weight in your performance review, and what to do instead
May 17
•
Adler Hsieh
1
I Optimized CI Build Speed by 5 Seconds. My Manager Didn't Care.
How I learned to measure impact, not just effort
May 9
•
Adler Hsieh
4
Most Engineers Think They're AI-Native. They're Not
"Using AI tools" and "designing for AI" are two very different things
Apr 20
•
Adler Hsieh
9
1
Your Manager Can't Remember What You Did This Year
What I learned after writing 10k words of performance review feedback in one week
Apr 13
•
Adler Hsieh
4
You Don't Need a Mentor to Think Like a Senior
What five years of no senior dev taught me about growing on my own
Apr 5
•
Adler Hsieh
7
3
1
See all
Tokyo Tech Lead
I help software engineers think like senior devs, even without the title
Subscribe
Recommendations
View all 8
Javarevisited Newsletter
javinpaul
WonderLead in Tech
Patricia Juarez @ AWS
Diary of an Engineering Manager
Suresh Choudhary
databites
Josep Ferrer
The Proactive Engineer
Shehab Abdel-Salam
Legal
Commercial Disclosure
Others
Dummy Page
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
