Archive - Tim Whalin's Newsletter

February 2023

How do I get visibility?

Visibility means that folks are aware of the work you are doing and know your superpowers. When others have visibility into your work, it means that…

Feb 28, 2023

January 2023

November 2022

October 2022

How to disagree without being disagreeable

Sometimes you’ll hear the “pick your battles” feedback, not because you must choose which things to focus on, but because you express yourself too…

Oct 28, 2022

How do I pick my battles?

For the first five years of my career, I constantly heard, “pick your battles, Tim.” I heard the phrase so much that it became meaningless. And I…

Oct 18, 2022

Learnings from year one at Google

It’s been a year since I started at Google after being at Amazon for eight years. Boy, what a journey this last year has been for me, both…

Oct 6, 2022

September 2021

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