You sent the email with the wrong numbers. You said something in the all-hands that landed wrong. You sent a document with a typo in the headline that was seen by 200 people before you could pull it back. Your stomach drops. You want to hide. Don’t. How you handle a public mistake in the … Read more
Your inbox has 47 unread emails. Twelve of them start with “Hi [First Name]” and mention a “game-changing opportunity.” Sound familiar? Recruiter spam is part of working in tech. Most of it is noise — copy-pasted templates sent to everyone on LinkedIn with “Python” in their headline. But occasionally, something real comes through. The trick … Read more
Most people, when they’re offered a severance package, accept it on the spot. The offer is on a piece of paper. There’s a number. There’s a date by which to sign. The instinct is to sign it and move on with your life. Don’t. The first offer is almost never the best offer, and the … Read more
You just got a performance review that’s worse than you expected. Maybe it’s unfair. Maybe it’s accurate. Maybe it’s somewhere in between. How you respond in the next48 hours matters more than the review itself. Don’t React Immediately The worst thing you can do is fire back an emotional email, confront your manager in the … Read more
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Most people use ChatGPT for interview prep the same way they’d use a calculator: they ask for the answer and copy it. They paste in a job description, ask for common questions, and memorize the outputs. Then they walk into the interview and freeze the moment a question doesn’t match their rehearsed script. That’s not … Read more
You’ve been waiting three weeks for your manager to schedule a 1-on-1. You have questions about your project direction, you want feedback on that thing you shipped, and there’s a decision you need clarity on — but every time you ping them, they say “let’s do it next week.” Next week never comes. This is … Read more
How to Respond to an Overly Demanding Email Without Burning the Bridge Someone just sent you an email that would make a reasonable person roll their eyes. The tone is entitled. The ask is large. The deadline is yesterday. And you can feel the pressure in every sentence. Your instinct is to fire back, ignore … Read more