Writing | Raphael Neves

August 24, 2026

Six Thinking Hats for Engineering Teams: A Practical Guide to Better Decisions

The habit that turned my messiest meetings into actual decisions.

March 18, 2026

Reality.

Your technical screen would eliminate your best engineers.

February 9, 2026

Layoff

What no one tells you about getting fired (and why you need to hear this before it happens to you).

February 3, 2026

Hope

Why the thing nobody wants to talk about might be the only thing keeping you in the game.

January 27, 2026

Rejection

The two paths every candidate must choose after getting ghosted for the 200th time

November 18, 2025

The Hidden Cost of Staying Put

And why the perfect moment you're waiting for doesn't exist

October 27, 2025

How to use unconscious bias in hiring to help you get your next dream job.

Bias is one the biggest challenges in hiring. But what if you could use it in your favour to get your dream job?

August 13, 2025

Breaking Free From The Pigeonhole Trap in Tech

So you became really fucking good at your job.

July 28, 2025

How AI is affecting the hiring space (And how you can create an unfair advantage)

From AI filtering for rejection to blindly passing on ATS. Humans will soon be required to get back to the game.

July 21, 2025

The mandate trap: Why being the corporate messenger is killing your credibility

You're sitting in that meeting room, listening to the VP explain the new policy that's going to piss off your entire team.

July 3, 2025

The layoff playbook: How companies really choose who gets cut

A director's confession from both sides of the layoff table.

June 27, 2025

Welcome to Beyond the Code

Introducing the author and his motivations to start writing Beyond the Code.

June 25, 2025

The middle-manager crisis: When your greatest strength becomes your biggest obstacle

A love and hate story that many tech leaders face but very few acknowledge... and survive to share.

June 16, 2025

Performance reviews must die.

The traditional approach to performance reviews is dragging tech managers to complacency, negging the real definition of performance management, and making their teams simply… dysfunctional.

May 3, 2025

Stop Waiting for Permission to Grow: Why Self-Ownership Is Your Career Superpower

Nobody is coming to save your career. Read that again.

April 26, 2025

Tech Interview Burnout: Breaking Free from the Mental Prison of Rejection

Are you trapped in a cycle of tech interview rejections? Here's your escape plan.

April 11, 2025

Why Are Engineering Managers Getting Coding Challenges? (And Why It Matters More Than You Think)

The rising need to test coding skills EM+ candidates is back again.

February 22, 2025

The Unspoken Truths About Hiring Processes Length That No One Tells You...Shhh.

When you start a hiring process, you assume it’s about proving your skills and getting the job, right? Not quite.

February 10, 2025

You Don’t Need a CS Degree to Win in Tech (Here’s Proof)

Let’s talk about a myth that needs to die: You need a computer science degree to break into tech.

February 4, 2025

2025 Tech Salary Report: What’s Really Happening in Portugal’s Tech Job Market?

The 2025 Tech Salary Benchmark Report—by Damia Group & SIXT—just dropped, giving us a clear picture of salary trends, in-demand skills, and what’s really happening in the Portuguese job market.