Category: General
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On Interviewing
As mentioned yesterday, I did a lot of these things and I think my success rate was higher than average. Perhaps some of my thoughts will help you? If I had one phrase to summarize what you want from interviewing: be sticky. We live in a time where thousands of people may be considered for
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On Job Hunting
I’ve been sitting on this one for six months and now that none of it is fresh in my mind I figured I ought to get down to it 🙃 The actual impetus for this was a friend losing her job yesterday and seeking advice 😢 Luckily, I’ve spoken to a lot of friends and
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Two Years in Vermont
This was supposed to be a One Year in Vermont post. C’est la vie! The Move I’m mostly going to skip this. It was terrible. Scammers, felons, no mover the day before we had to be out of the house, panic attacks. It got done. It was not cheap or pretty or convenient, and yes,
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Mia, 4 Years
Big girl alert! Since my 3.5 year post you’ve become a bit (a super small bit…) better at getting in bed, but now join us between the hours of 1 and 6 depending on when your bladder says it’s time (hurray we finally lost pull-ups at night!). In addition to that milestone, you learned to
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Flamme Rouge: World Tour – Fin
It has ended. A slight delay in the final report as I catch my breath and we deal with unreliable daycare, but I digress. This thing was hard. I came in wholly undertrained and left putting out my best numbers ever. I am tired. I’m jumping straight into another racing series, but it’s weekly so
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Book: The Manager’s Path
Early in my job hunt, I came across a “local” role as a Quality Manager. It was advertised as still involving some IC work so it seemed like a great way to test the waters of management. Ultimately I wasn’t selected for lack of management experience, but it did get me thinking about my journey,