Thanks, Mihnea! That's a great point. It's not that I shy from putting my face and name on an article, but I see some tradeoffs between posting as an individual vs posting as a pseudo-"brand".
The main one is that, as a person, I have multiple interests (for example, frontend development, Agile methodologies, personal productivity, and ergonomics, to name a few). I wrote a lot about some of them in the past, and I'll for sure write about some other in the future. This dilutes the focus for the reader. You may be interested in how to advance your career as a deveoper but not interested in ergonomics or frontend.
As the TrueSeniorDev "brand", I'm probably losing a bit of personal connection, but I'm also giving the reader a guarantee that all the articles published under this brand will be focused on growing professionally as a developer and advancing your career. Which, I hope, may actually improve the credibility in the long run.
But it's for sure not an easy, black-or-white choice, and I'm still torn between the two. So your feedback is very valuable.
Writing mostly about the journey of a Chapter Lead: leading a team of 9 development engineers in 5 squads for 5yrs+
Before this, I was myself an individual contributor, skilled in Python and Frontend.
I see. That makes a good Preface; i feel like I needed that explanation - and I'll keep that in mind when i face a branded signature, rather than a name. Thanks for all these personal details!
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Thanks, Mihnea! That's a great point. It's not that I shy from putting my face and name on an article, but I see some tradeoffs between posting as an individual vs posting as a pseudo-"brand".
The main one is that, as a person, I have multiple interests (for example, frontend development, Agile methodologies, personal productivity, and ergonomics, to name a few). I wrote a lot about some of them in the past, and I'll for sure write about some other in the future. This dilutes the focus for the reader. You may be interested in how to advance your career as a deveoper but not interested in ergonomics or frontend.
As the TrueSeniorDev "brand", I'm probably losing a bit of personal connection, but I'm also giving the reader a guarantee that all the articles published under this brand will be focused on growing professionally as a developer and advancing your career. Which, I hope, may actually improve the credibility in the long run.
But it's for sure not an easy, black-or-white choice, and I'm still torn between the two. So your feedback is very valuable.
I see. That makes a good Preface; i feel like I needed that explanation - and I'll keep that in mind when i face a branded signature, rather than a name. Thanks for all these personal details!