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Ask vs guess culture

When unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture, at home and…

Aug 12 •

How To Opt Out Of The Career Ladder

The art of taking your first steps off the “conventional” career path.

Published on Dev Interrupted • Sep 25

Ten food hacks to make your life easier

This was almost a post on why millennial motherhood is so challenging, but turned into tactical food hacks.

Sep 10 •

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Being-Doing Balance over Work-Life Balance

Aug 15, 2022 • Jean Hsu

Finding the joy in feeling tired

Sep 25, 2022 • Jean Hsu

Saddened by the tech industry

Jun 17 • Jean Hsu

Space to do whatever, at work

May 27 • Jean Hsu

Bridging the ask vs guess culture gap at work

Aug 26 • Jean Hsu

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Bridging the ask vs guess culture gap at work

How we can reduce ask vs guess culture clashes by creating more shared context, aligning around when to ask for help, and helping guess culture…

Aug 26 •

Do you keep your wishes secret?

Have you ever hoped that someone would notice your good work and give you more opportunities? Would that have been even more meaningful than if you…

Aug 6 •

Creativity isn't just for painters and poets

Making space and time for nurturing the inner artist in all of us

Jul 15 •

I spent my morning talking to an AI chatbot

A tech "late-adopter" plays around with chat-gpt and other chatbots and is blown away by some use cases and underwhelmed by others.

Jul 1 •

Saddened by the tech industry

Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing quite so far in the other direction.

Jun 17 •

Space to do whatever, at work

why it's important to make space for not-the-highest-priority things at your job

May 27 •

Space to create (and bonus kids' art 👩🏻‍🎨)

Unexpected creative outlets beyond writing

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Tech and Tea

Tech and Tea

Navigating the messiness of life with a career in startups. Musings on engineering leadership, teamwork, parenting, partnership, and creative self-expression.

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