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Stages of Unemployment Grief
Week 1: Euphoria tinged with panic. (Free! And, how am I going to live in this expensive city with a kid and no income?) Week 2: Face reality. (Cancel all the things. File for unemployment. Figure out medical insurance.) Week 3: Disbelief (WTH is going on, has been taking a while, usually I have a…
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To Viper, or not To Viper
A few years ago, we had a lead engineer who introduced us to VIPER, an architecture for iOS. Willing to give it a try, we ended up using it for 10 of our most active features. This is a story of how VIPER came into our codebase, and how it eventually morphed, and left. Hopefully,…
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Letter To My Career Coach
Dear career coach, I did your exercise: “Decide what kind of things I must have,” and I’ve listed below what I want: A job. It took me about a half hour to figure that out. Whew! Then, I wrote an answer to your other question: “What kind of things I’d like to have”: An income…
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My interviewer
I had some issues hearing my interviewer yesterday. Imagine a huge curtain of beautiful hair (sorry mine does not suffice!)
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Help My Husband Get A Job!
In all women tech communities, there’s always one person who thinks it’s appropriate to advertise for their husband… Two women on the list backchannel DM: One of them composes a reply. Original poster responds: Backchannel DM response to OP’s response: The husband responds:
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I’ve scheduled a call with your scheduler
Susanna: Hi, I’m amazed at your background, would you like to interview at Famous Amazing Company? Let’s schedule a call. Just 30 minutes. I’ll forward you to a scheduler Deirdre: I’m Susanna’s scheduler, can you send me your availabilities? 2 days later Deirdre: I’ve setup a call for you at 10 AM Thursday. Me: I’m…
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My Life As Interpreted By 1980s Soap Operas
Our kitchen wall phone rings, I pick it up and a single teardrop falls down my face. Putting on a brave expression, I crouch down next to an adorable, if overly pretty child and tell him that “Mommy lost her job.”. I walk my son out the lightweight plywood door with a ripped paper bag,…
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The Serious Side of DEI Satire
I wrote a satirical piece on a really bad Diversity Chief hire. Let me highlight what she *should* have done. Including 10 must-haves for diverse engineering teams. 1. DEI executives don’t make sense and cannot be effective if the leadership does not consider DEI important. 2. There is a burden of representation on the one…
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Yeah, that’s what AI brings
Me: I need to cancel my order. StitchFix Chatbot: I’m sorry I didn’t understand that. You can ask: Order problems Delivery problems …. Me: Order problems Chatbot: I’m sorry I didn’t understand that. You can ask: Order problems Delivery problems …. Kaiser Chatbot: Me: I don’t understand why I can’t pay my bill Chatbot: I’m…
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Morning Routine
Ladies, I’m struggling with work-life balance at work with two little ones, please send me your routines! I wake at 8 AM, feed my kids and get them to school. Then I have coffee and breakfast, my “me time!” and start work. I wake at 7 AM, get the kids up and feed/bathe, drive to…