developer & entrepreneur
I’ve given one-on-one training sessions with college students aspiring to be a software engineer when they’re all grown up. I was pretty naive when I first interviewed and overall just lucky. I got my first internship through a friend of my dad and the second by having a 15-minute chat with a hiring manager at… Continue reading Be a Great Tech Phone Screen Interviewee
The most valuable lesson I learned as a manager is rarely mentioned in traditional books and online articles about effective management. It's in the neighborhood of Emotional Intelligence, but very specific. In short, a good manager is ready for someone to cry. Two wonderful managers taught me this lesson. I wasn't the one crying when… Continue reading Managing Humans: Everyone Cries
tl;dr - I read Steve Yegge’s blog post, rented the The Algorithm Design Manual, and coded questions from Career Cup without an IDE. Two years ago I interviewed with Google, Zillow, and Facebook for a software manager role. I went to Google and have since been singing its praises to friends and former co-workers (largely… Continue reading How I Prepared to Interview at Google
This is the follow up to my last post about education and interviewing advice. If you haven’t read that, the short story is that I was asked for tips on interviewing for an introvert who doesn’t have a typical education. This is the interviewing half of my response: About interviewing: being an introvert is hard. I'm a… Continue reading Interviewing as an Introvert
I’ve worked in tech for 15 years and regularly get asked for advice on how to get a job: what should I study in school, what should I put on my resume, and how do I prepare for the interview? Usually my answers are pretty plain and generic, but one person had a unique situation… Continue reading You Don’t Need More Education to Land a Job in Tech
