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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…
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Jean Hsu
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Being-Doing Balance over Work-Life Balance
My fantasy for work-life integration today
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Jean Hsu
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Some thoughts on interviewing
Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how people are seeing work fitting into their lives
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Jean Hsu
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Finding the joy in feeling tired
Some things that surprised me when I let myself be tired
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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…
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Jean Hsu
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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.
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Jean Hsu
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Leaving my full-time job
Just in time to settle into the end of the year with a cozy holiday season
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Jean Hsu
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Goodbye to 2023
Reflections on a hard year, and looking to the year ahead
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Jean Hsu
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All About Career History Interviews
How to suss out what motivates a candidate, their potential beyond their current skillset, initiative-taking, behavioral challenges, and more.
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Jean Hsu
Space to do whatever, at work
why it's important to make space for not-the-highest-priority things at your job
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Jean Hsu
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This world was not built for working parents
and trying to find our way anyways in this season of life
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Jean Hsu
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Life is not a race
Wisdom from a 6 year-old, and top regrets of the dying
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Jean Hsu
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