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A winning formula for your next performance review

Start with the metric (that you drove up and to the right). Put numbers. Then, show how you did it (with artifacts that you made that demonstrate your…

Nov 15 •

✨BONUS POST✨ Staying Sane while Job Searching in the Tech Downturn

A FREE 30-minute Lightning Lesson taught by yours truly. How we got here, what the market looks like right now, and the top 5 candidate adaptations that…

Oct 15 •

How to answer the failure question in interviews

The context is the failure. The context is the failure. The context is the failure. Adopt this new mantra and you're starting on the right foot.

Sep 29 •

Job Search Diaries No.8―Principal Product Manager (Consumer Media)

Lessons learned after 5 final round interviews and 154 applications over 8+ months job searching in media and tech for senior roles.

Aug 16 •

Land a job faster by job searching in your Zone of Genius

The counterintuitive job search approach wherein you narrow your opportunities to a select few. More wood behind fewer arrows. Kill shots, not shots in…

Aug 12 •

If I pivoted my career, how many years of experience should I say I have?

Professional experience vs relevant experience, some general heuristics, and where to put the unrelated experience in your resume.

Jul 21 •

🤫 Whisper #24: Candor == Kindness

Direct feedback is the love language of growth. Sparing someone the truth robs them of the ability to adapt. No parenting. No shielding. Just direct…

Jul 12 •

✨BONUS POST✨ The Relentless March of Days: A Job Seeker's Odyssey

The absurd ballet of courting love, crafting digital Golems to defy obsolescence, and foraging for economic morsels in a desert. A raw testament to…

Jul 8 •

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A weekly tech career experimentation newsletter with specific, tactical ideas for tech workers. Lots of uncommon takes and content on job searching, career shifts, and getting to the next level of thinking and behavior.

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