This is the second part of my series on mentorship, which I started a few months ago here with the post, “Want a mentor? Stop asking for one.”A few m...
I forgot my wallet on the way to work today.I didn’t sleep well, it was pouring rain, and I was already running late, so by the time I got to the sub...
Earlier today, I posted on USV’s blog about how we conducted our first-ever, cross-company diversity & inclusion survey in 2018. You can read more ab...
I think one of the toughest things about being in any group is remembering that everyone has a different underlying drive and motivation.You like to ...
About this Series: There’s a list of questions that I get asked a lot about my career and my job, so I’ve decided to turn these into a short series o...
“…um…is there a problem?”I finally broke the three minutes of silence between me and my cashier.She looked up from the register, where she’d been loc...
I don’t like to brag, but I like to think of myself as above average speediness in terms of how long it takes to get dressed in the morning or get re...
Earlier today, my colleague Nick wrote a blog post on the importance of resilience in the long-term success of decentralized systems. As he puts it, ...
I’m a couple of weeks behind on reading and processing this article on “The Burnout Generation,” a long article that offers up an explanation for why...
Stop me if any of these sound familiar:Scenario 1: Work connection cancels / reschedules a meeting on you for the third time in the row. You: “All go...
