You may be considering a promising career transition — either switching roles within the tech industry or breaking into tech for the first time. The challenge is: if you haven't ever worked in …
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2019 Annual Review
"The secret of adventure, then, is not to carefully seek it out but to travel in such a way that it finds you. To do this, you first need to overcome the protective habits of home and open yourself up …
How to Take Stock of Your Career Capital
I like to think of the career journey as going from where you are now to where you want to be — and smack dab in the middle is an unknown, ominous Forbidden Forest straight out of Harry Potter’s …
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How to Craft Your Career Map
Navigating one’s career is a lot like planning a long road trip. Before I embark on a road trip — no matter if it’s a one-day cruise along California's Highway 1 or a month-long motorcycle journey …
Why You Should Skip the New Years Resolution and Write an Annual Review Instead
I used to obsessively set goals in my personal life. New Years Resolutions were like crack for my self-improvement tendencies. If you were to peek into my journal archives from years ago, my …
How to Avoid Making Yourself Miserable — By Fulfilling Your Career Needs
The most common work-related complaint I hear from friends and colleagues in San Francisco (aside from feeling stuck in their job) is — wait for it — about their commute. There are the Google …
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