Substacks recommended by KimSia Sim | Entrepreneurial Engineer

Recommended by KimSia Sim

Sasha's 'Newsletter'

By Sasha Chapin

Smells and/or emotions

Kvetch

By Oz

Kvetching on vigs, chutzpah and bubkis

The Beautiful Mess

By John Cutler

The beautiful mess of cross-functional product development

The Starr Report

By Karla Starr

Seeing systems & staying human; essays and experiments for finding clarity, joy, and momentum in a chaotic world.

Unknown Unknowns

By Chris Wong

Exploring what you don't see

The 4 kinds of feedback was really *chef's kiss*. Hence, I recommend UU by Chris.

- KimSia Sim

Janahan Newsletter

By Janahan Sivaraman

Tech, Tamil, and Treats - weekly to your inbox. From my brain to yours <3

I really like the one about using Brag Doc to get a pay raise. I'm literally trying that out but for negotiations with customer. Janahan writes such useful stuff.

- KimSia Sim

First 1000

By Ali Abouelatta (First1000)

Notes from the trenches.

It's like what Ali says in this tweet https://twitter.com/abouelatta_ali/status/1399508712830681091 -- Send me a startup advice, I'll send you a counter-example

- KimSia Sim

The Uncertainty Mindset (soon to become tbd)

By Vaughn Tan

On not-knowing—what it is, how it affects us, and how to relate to it—and other stuff.

Handling uncertainty is an important topic, esp when running your own business. Our modern education system doesn't teach this well. So any help such as this newsletter is deeply welcome

- KimSia Sim

The Engineering Manager

By James Stanier

Tools, tips and discussions for current and aspiring engineering leaders.

The Pragmatic Engineer

By Gergely Orosz

Big Tech and startups, from the inside. Highly relevant for software engineers and managers, useful for those working in tech.

Michael’s Newsletter

By Michael Lin

Building a software consultancy and documenting the process as I go. Get a FREE 23-page e-book about my writing process after subscribing.

The M&Ms Newsletter

By Louie Bacaj

Sharing the journey from Software Engineering Employee to Entrepreneur. Hard-earned lessons to Motivate you. And some Memes for the laughs.

I'm engineer and I'm also trying to get better at entrepreneurship. That's why I recommend Louie's M&Ms

- KimSia Sim

Below the Surface

By Alvin

Below the Surface uncovers the hidden lessons in everyday life, inviting deep thinkers into a more intentional, reflective way of seeing the world.

I am a independent software vendor. So Alvin sharing his experiences (check out issue 1) as a software dev working for agency that seconds out his skillset, is an interesting perspective that I lack.

- KimSia Sim

Newsletter Launchpad

By Chris and Louie

Lessons, tips, and examples to grow a consistent newsletter habit

I'm building my own newsletter using advice from here. That's why.

- KimSia Sim

Data Products

By Chad Sanderson

A newsletter by Chad Sanderson - Discussing data product development, semantic layers, data APIs, and modern data modeling.

Engineers’ Gate

By Jennifer Widerberg

Reframes on Tech Interviews, Life in New York City, & Running

If you're in tech, is important to know the real story behind recruitment. Jen's a great recruiter, so best to hear from her directly on recruitment.

- KimSia Sim

Code Anthropology

By Julius

Introspective look at software engineering and how our human relationships shape our code, tools, and processes.

The Journey with Z

By Zlatko

Entrepreneurship, Growth mindset, business, marketing.

Wine Insights

By Brian » Wine Blueprint

Every week, discover a new wine book, blog and bottle to give you wine learning a little momentum.

Edo van Royen

I really like the issue on notes of ryan singer's introduction to christopher alexander https://edovanroyen.substack.com/p/notes-of-ryan-singers-introduction-to-christopher-alexander So, I recommend this to all product people and entrepreneurial engineers

- KimSia Sim

The GreenDeploy Newsletter

By KimSia Sim

Updates from the GreenDeploy team

Updates about behind the scenes, and how-to tutorials for entrepreneurial engineers who prefer to focus on products than code

- KimSia Sim

What Grace's up to?

By Grace Huang

Findings and ideas Grace stumbled upon in randomness, trials, errors, and small wins

I like how Grace is so upfront about being experimental with her life and taking chances on ideas. I want to be more like her.

- KimSia Sim

Data Creation

By Yali Sassoon

A blog on all things data products, data applications, and all things data - from me - Yali - cofounder at Snowplow - open source tech for creating data

The Forcing Function

By Requira

Your guide to delivering the right outcomes for your projects and your users.