Rafa Páez
@RafaPaez_
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Senior Engineering Leader | Scaling Teams & Platforms | Generative AI Enthusiast | Remote & Async Work Advocate. Author of The Engineering Leader Newsletter 📥
Mallorca, Spain
Joined November 2013
Who hasn't suffered this?
@RafaPaez_ ah man I've been there SO many times D: Also, happens with "the service is failing, but the last build was 5 years ago and no one from that team is even at the company anymore"
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High-agency engineers multiply their impact by investing in social capital. — Rafa Páez
How high-agency engineers turn trust, credibility, and relationships into visible impact 👉 https://t.co/B5uax6KXEk
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Because if you don't have credibility, your network is inexisting or people don't trust you, your influence will be reduced drastically. And so your overall impact. Social capital isn't a nice to have. Is a must for anyone considering themselves a leader. Check my latest post!
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1/ Trust 2/ Credibility 3/ Relationships When you care about those 3, you star building Social Capital. And, like an investment account, it compounds over time. In fact, even high-agency individuals can get burnout if they haven't accumulated social capital...
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You're a great software engineer. You work really hard. Still you feel stuck or progressing very slowly. Like the gray dotted line in this chart. You wonder how to grow faster, like compound interest. Here are 3 things to check...
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How high-agency engineers turn trust, credibility, and relationships into visible impact 👉 https://t.co/B5uax6KXEk
newsletter.rafapaez.com
How high-agency engineers turn trust, credibility, and relationships into visible impact
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Most engineers ignore the one thing that makes impact scale: Social capital It’s not favoritism. It’s trust, credibility, and relationships. Today's newsletter: 🔹 3 core pillars 🔹 Why high agency isn’t enough 🔹 2 simple visuals What’s 1 thing you do to build social capital?
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You’re not stuck. You’re choosing not to act. High-agency engineers don’t wait for permission. They find a way, even when one isn’t obvious. Feeling powerless? That might just be low-agency thinking in disguise. → What’s one area where you’ve been waiting instead of moving?
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Here’s a personal secret: I always wanted to get better at taking notes during meetings. Then AI note-takers showed up. Mission cancelled. Not every life goal needs to be achieved.
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You know it’s a busy week when your low-priority tasks keep getting pushed to “tomorrow” on your calendar… and then the next day… and the next. At this point, I’ve rescheduled some tasks more times than I’ve had coffee. Anyone else doing the same?
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AI FOMO is real!
Honestly the AI stuff is just overwhelming at this point. Not really sure how average people are going to have a chance here.
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I finally found someone with the same productivity pattern as me
newsletter.rafapaez.com
Why Deep Focus, Not Longer Hours, Is the Key to High Performance
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Today, we're announcing plans to make VS Code an open source AI editor. We believe AI development should stay true to VS Code's core principles: open, collaborative, and community-driven. Let's build the future of software development together. https://t.co/C3ffio6X88
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2,000 subscribers on The Engineer Leader! 🎉 I thought only my mom would read. Now it's 2k engineers and leaders reading it every week. Huge thanks for every read, like, share. Not onboard? Subscribe in 2 seconds (link in my bio)
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You won't read a no-BS career growth advice somewhere else:
Have you ever seen someone get promoted while someone else, more technically skilled and harder working, stays stuck? The first learned to decode the system. Every company runs on two playbooks: 1. The official one: what they tell you. 2. The real one: what actually works.
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Not even with $50k/mo you can achieve that lifestyle. (And rich people don't live like that)
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