coaching for clarity and courage
Three useful resources for finding a development job: The Ask a Manager Blog is full of useful advice on resumes, cover letters, and interviews. If you’re tired of going through DevEx, UNjobfinder is actually a collection of all kinds of […]
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A side hustle is that other thing you do. The one that brings in just a little bit more money. If you’re trapped in a unpaid internship trying to get your year of experience, your side hustle might be your […]
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An occupational hazard of being this kind of coaching is thinking about bravery all the damn time. How can I be brave in my own life? What does brave actually mean. There are a thousand nuances to this word; that’s […]
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Last year, I contributed to “Solving Problems that Matter (and Getting Paid for It).” It’s a multi-author publication that “stitches together a mosaic of perspectives, experiences, and actionable insights to illuminate the smorgasbord of career pathways in social innovation and […]
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In the Western World, Wednesday is known as hump day. Get through your Wednesday and you’re over the hump, rolling free and clear to the weekend. Is that you? Does your real life happen on the weekends? Or do you […]
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I’ve had a lot of internships. Well, five, to be exact. Three were okay, one was a failure, and one succeeded beyond my wildest hopes. I have also supervised my share of eager young interns. Someday, in another post, I’ll […]
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This is another one of my old published pieces, but I think it’s still relevant I recently ran into a blog written by a young person (I will assume a woman, but I am not sure) who was frustrated with […]
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When do we stop choosing among bad options and start attempting to create new options?
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How much experience is enough? If of position asks for a “minimum of five years experience”, and you have two; or a minimum of three, and you have one; and you meet the rest of the requirements of a position, […]
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When I’m hiring, I have one very favorite interview question. It’s not a tricky one – no Google-style math, no hidden meaning. I ask: What was your favorite job, and why? I want to know if the things you like […]
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If you’re like most of the people I know, you’re desperately worried and afraid. And you feel helpless. What the hell does any individual person do about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? I’ll start with what not to do. Stay off […]
I refuse to live in fear forever is the kind of thing you say when your life has been so comfortable you’ve never had to look at the world straight on In my own community I keep hearing people say, […]
A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster 1. A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster. Healthcare, but also public education, […]