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A refreshing change
As part of our recent move to Scotland, I resigned from Microsoft after 13 years of being at the company and I recently started new work as a support engineer (aka Happiness Engineer) with a company called Automattic, a company that’s so different it’s hard to see a resemblance past the fact that they are […]
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A debug mindset
I came across this image (from a Julia Evans tweet) last night and I was thinking about it a lot today. Although it’s about software debugging it’s applicable to hard problems of any kind.
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Being a beginner again and always
For my next role, I should be looking at a “lateral” move, or even better, a “higher level” role. What if I did the opposite? What if I started over?
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“Work hard” is advice with a short shelf life
I’ve experienced the value of hard work and the danger of working too hard. My work must work for me, not the other way around.
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How to help someone new (and also help yourself)
Helping new team members is one of the many things omitted from every job description. Here’s a few different ways to think about increasing empathy towards new team members and being more useful.
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Read this before you go back to work
To me by me. A reminder before going back to work after time away.
