URL: https://quantcodedenny.com/posts/connect-better/

Introduction

Doing great work is only part of success. My influence grows when others know, trust, and rely on me.

Connecting better at work is most powerful when it becomes a small daily habit — one or two simple actions that naturally build trust, relationships, and impact.

Core Daily Habit

Each day, I focus on one key action:

• Notice & Add Value – Do at least one of these per day:

URL: https://quantcodedenny.com/posts/eq-playbook/

As a tech lead, I want to ease my mental stress and be effective in conflict resolution. This playbook is my daily runbook for staying calm, clear, and constructive under pressure.

Core Principles

• Pause Before Reacting: Don’t let emotions drive my first response.
• Listen First: Seek to understand before I respond.
• Focus on Outcomes: Anchor on shared goals, not personal wins.
• Protect My Boundaries: Say no or redirect misaligned work.

Difficult Situations and How I Respond

1. Disagreement on Priorities Example: PM pushes feature delivery, I see infra stability risk. → Frame trade-offs clearly; show business risk of ignoring infra.

URL: https://quantcodedenny.com/posts/look-better/

Introduction

Working hard alone isn’t enough. Leaders and decision-makers are busy — if they don’t see my impact, it might as well not exist.

Looking better at work is not self-promotion. It’s about making my contributions visible, credible, and trusted. I focus on three things:

• Business Impact – What tangible results did I achieve?
• Complexity & Learning – What challenges did I overcome, and what did I learn?
• Credibility – Did the right people notice my work, and did I involve or acknowledge others?

This post gives me a daily-ready framework to apply these principles with minimal thinking.

URL: https://quantcodedenny.com/posts/clarify-p0s-at-work/

My Goal

I establish myself as a tech lead in ML infra with two main goals:

1. Work with market value — skills and outcomes recognized externally for career mobility.
2. Minimize mental stress — maintain well-being while delivering impact. More reading: stress less, lead better.

My Core Strengths

1. Focus On Business Impact: Deliver measurable business wins; prioritize high-impact opportunities.
2. Strong Ownership: Own projects end-to-end and drive outcomes across teams.
3. Collaboration & Trust: Align stakeholders, resolve conflicts fairly, and build long-term partnerships.

My Growth Areas

1. Communicate Clearly & Persuasively: Align teams on goals and expectations; Summarize my work’s problem, solution, and impact concisely for directors, while keeping technical credibility for peers.
2. Prioritize High-Leverage Work: Focus my technical expertise on initiatives that drive measurable impact; delegate or decline low-value work
3. Collaborate Effectively with Diverse Stakeholders: Adapt communication style for different roles and personalities; Build alignment and influence without creating friction.
4. Generalize, Share, & Mentor: Capture patterns across my projects and share insights to scale impact; Mentor peers and document lessons learned for team adoption.

Recent Key Learnings

1. Leverage leadership and structures