I started writing this post back in January (an ideal time to do some yearly reflections and goal-setting). Then life took over. My whole team was laid off, I started organizing Abstractions’ program and CFP (call for proposals), and got a huge wave of conference acceptances. All of this took away time and sort of […]
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have happened in my life, but maybe also on some things that could have gone better too. I didn’t end up writing a 2017 year in review. I think […]
Back in mid-August, I got the opportunity to speak at Self.Conference for my third year in a row. While a few things had changed this year, it still remains probably my favorite conference I’ve ever been to. What I’ve Loved About It On their website, they say “Self.conference is a mix of fantastic tech presentations […]
Geez, SO much has happened since my last “Last [Week/Month]” type post in January. I definitely can’t cover it all, but I’ll try to hit the highlights. Life The biggest thing is that I moved several states away! For 31 years I lived in Kansas City (with a small break in the middle for the […]
I’m excited to say that after about 8 months of job hunting, I finally accepted a new software engineering job! Before I tell you about it, I really want to talk about the jobs I didn’t get and the interview processes I went through. (tl;dr “just tell me about the new job already!”) Soooooo Many […]
Decembers tend to be my worst month of the year because a particular series of events happen and a certain set of memories come back each year. However, some amazing things have also developed this month, and so it deserves to be talked about. Work Interviews There’s not much to say about work anymore, […]
From my last couple of jobs, I realized I wasn’t a very good fit for them or they weren’t a great fit for me. It made me start to wonder how to find a job that I knew we’d be more of a match for each other. For this latest round of job applying, I […]
Last time I said “Wow. It’s been quite the month!” I feel like I should say “Wow, it’s been quite the month (or two, or three)!” but perhaps even more so. Work I normally put my Life section first, but some of that relies on work first. Long story short, I’ve actually been job hunting […]
Wow. It’s been quite the month! Life I have been catsitting not once, not twice, but three times in the past month. It’s kind of great because I miss being around cats a lot since my cat is no longer with me. Otis (in the picture above) and Ophelia are my friend Sunshine’s cats, and […]
tl;dr: Jump to the end to see specific trends I saw from the thousands of tweets. Or read on for the full background and statistics. The Hashtag It started as a simple enough conversation. On Wednesday morning, I was talking to Nate Taylor about some thoughts and feelings I had related to conferences, including […]