> Not keeping your interviewer engaged Ugh. I'm going through the interview process right now and this peeves me so much The presumption that I, the supplicant, need to be interesting and keep the interviewer, who has…
I'm very early in my career, but I've noticed that being able to sense, reflect on, and grapple with one's emotions to be so lacking at work. It's also been one of the biggest invisible skills in my own career: it helps…
One of the big issues I always find with "Closed Lost Reasons"[1] like this is that it rarely captures the truth accurately. It misses the truth in a couple of ways: 1. Deliberate obfuscation by main actors who want to…
From the article, it appears that the suit hinges on a claim that “The CU Foundation has underperformed the S&P 500 fund by approximately 5.49 percent per year from 2010 to 2019.” Does anybody have experience here? Is…
I hadn't considered that! How are you thinking about danger from those types of items? Now that you've got me thinking, maybe like faulty wiring and my apartment burns down?
My own personal rule is now: > I don't buy anything I'll put in/on/around my body on Amazon (e.g. Vitamin supplements, Lotion/face sunscreen, Protein powder) Even if the brand is legit, I'm still not 100% confident that…
I would recommend recording yourself speaking. I'm currently between roles (COVID layoffs), and I got feedback on my webcam interview demeanor and speaking style. My approach for this was to practice my answers to…
Perhaps I've just always been extraordinarily lucky, but I've never heard the developers I work with complain about our Pointing and Development cycle (and I'd like to think I do try my best to 1) proactively ask them…
Created an account to comment on this, so I'm new, but I read the Welcome and Guidelines. This is something deeply interesting to me and I'd love to see more comments around it. Here are some questions I have, as…
> Not keeping your interviewer engaged Ugh. I'm going through the interview process right now and this peeves me so much The presumption that I, the supplicant, need to be interesting and keep the interviewer, who has…
I'm very early in my career, but I've noticed that being able to sense, reflect on, and grapple with one's emotions to be so lacking at work. It's also been one of the biggest invisible skills in my own career: it helps…
One of the big issues I always find with "Closed Lost Reasons"[1] like this is that it rarely captures the truth accurately. It misses the truth in a couple of ways: 1. Deliberate obfuscation by main actors who want to…
From the article, it appears that the suit hinges on a claim that “The CU Foundation has underperformed the S&P 500 fund by approximately 5.49 percent per year from 2010 to 2019.” Does anybody have experience here? Is…
I hadn't considered that! How are you thinking about danger from those types of items? Now that you've got me thinking, maybe like faulty wiring and my apartment burns down?
My own personal rule is now: > I don't buy anything I'll put in/on/around my body on Amazon (e.g. Vitamin supplements, Lotion/face sunscreen, Protein powder) Even if the brand is legit, I'm still not 100% confident that…
I would recommend recording yourself speaking. I'm currently between roles (COVID layoffs), and I got feedback on my webcam interview demeanor and speaking style. My approach for this was to practice my answers to…
Perhaps I've just always been extraordinarily lucky, but I've never heard the developers I work with complain about our Pointing and Development cycle (and I'd like to think I do try my best to 1) proactively ask them…
Created an account to comment on this, so I'm new, but I read the Welcome and Guidelines. This is something deeply interesting to me and I'd love to see more comments around it. Here are some questions I have, as…