In my reflections on 2021 I talked about how the year went by quickly with a lack of texture, partly due to concerns about the ongoing pandemic but also because I wasn’t taking the time to stop and reflect. …

In last year’s review, one of the changes I had hoped that this year would bring was more texture. The day to day of life during COVID-19 in 2020, spending most of my time in my apartment and following the same routine, blurred the passage of time. …

In last year’s reflection, I wrote how 2019 was a bit of a blur (as was 2018). If only I knew, if only we all knew, what this year would have in store. I wrote about ending 2019 in a very transitional space, between feeling out the new role at…

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Last year, I wrote about how 2018 kind of went by in a blur, and this year did as well (much to my surprise). I knew coming into 2019 that big changes were coming— I was finally reaching my limit of being burnt out at work, the future of the…

In my post covering 2017, I wrote about how much of a roller coaster last year was. In many ways, this year continued that trend, but looking back it’s hard to find some of the specific accomplishments similar to what 2017 brought. I went on a vacation in March, and…

Blue Apron is a company that delivers fresh ingredients for two to four recipes, pre-portioned and ready to cook, right to your doorstep every week. It was one of the early companies in this most recent round of subscription businesses, along with others like Birchbox, Harry’s, StitchFix, Daily Harvest, Bespoke…

I thought it’d be useful to share out some of the tools and resources that I use as part of my workflow as a manager. Below is a link to a number of Google docs, which if it sounds interesting to you I encourage you to copy for your own…

Recently Oren Ellenbogen shared his Manager README and encouraged other folks to do the same through his newsletter Software Lead Weekly. I’ve been using a similar idea with new folks to my team since last summer, and have really enjoyed the conversations that come out of it. It’s not common…