Posts tagged with Work
Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Promotions
There are two schools of thought on how promotions should work. They can be summarized as prescriptive and descriptive: * Prescriptive promotions are given to folks that have worked hard and deserve recognition. They come with a new set of responsibilities,…
Checking Emails on Vacation
Common advice for people going on vacation is to just don’t do it. Seeing that most workers have a lot of trouble unplugging from work as it is, keeping the email app closed is one strategy to stop yourself…
Simple, Accessible Notes
Taking notes on a computer should be the most basic of functionalities: throw up a window that can accept text input, and save the text to a file. Optionally, sync these notes to the cloud, and at that point you…
A Square Retrospective
It’s been an amazing four years at Square. By the time I write and edit and post this, it will be over a month since I’ve parted ways with the startup. Despite the time off, I haven’t…
Not Everyone wants to Work for Equity
Amidst all the hoopla about iOS9’s content blocking feature and how mobile ad-blocking will ruin journalism forever, I discovered an old article by Marc Andreessen on his optimistic future of news[1]. I was struck by one quote in…
Where Companies’ Excellence Matters in Job Hunting
Learn from the best. I held a fruitful discussion a couple of weeks ago with a coding school graduate looking for their first software programming job. They were able to get a few offers from startups (this is San Francisco,…
