Stories from my Life as a Technologist
Anyone who has interacted with me the last 3.5 months is likely to have heard that job searching is hard right now. Some describe it as a nightmare, saying that it’s harder than ever. There are so many stories of people who have been out of work for months and years.
This post covers my perspective on why, what you can do, and my journey finding a job in mid-2026. Continue reading “Job searching is hard right now”
Many years ago, I wrote a tips on job applications post, because I had been seeing a lot of poorly formatted and written applications. While good formatting and tailoring to job postings are important, the content is obviously important as well. Again, there is so much literature out there, but what I’ve seen recently has spurred me to write this post to discuss what I find most important and the tips I give others. Continue reading “Yet another resume (cv) writing guide”
This was presented at Code4libBC 2024. It’s a version of my previous Support Driven talk, edited down and for a library audience. Continue reading “Presentation: Giving back to the community through transparency and a public handbook”
This is the script and slides for what I prepared as a lighting talk for the Write the Docs 2023 Portland conference. Sadly, I did not get a slot, so it was not presented. Continue reading “Write the Docs 2023 Lightning Talk: Docs as Code: Automation the Developer way”
People have often asked me about how I manage to put together summaries of my work (blog posts, performance reviews, promotion documents, etc.) in a relatively quick way, and the only answer I have to that is “I track my work.”
I’ve tracked my work for many years, well before working at GitLab, though what I’ve been using in recent years is the most comprehensive method I’ve used. I’ve had a lot of people ask me about it, so I knew it was time to write a blog post to share. Continue reading “Tracking your work (for performance reviews and promotions)”