natasha_jaffe

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by natasha_jaffe 8mo ago
"The fog eventually lifted and I saw queues, sorts and maps in the most unsuspecting of places."... This week I marvel at the wonders of FIFO queue breast milk towers, dinos, and my seven year old's unstoppable drive to open
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In your first two weeks on a new team(natashajaffe.substack.com)
1 points by natasha_jaffe 10mo ago|1 comments
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by natasha_jaffe 10mo ago
There’s a lot of discussion out there about ideal new hire onboarding processes and how to design them. The vast majority of folks who start new jobs this month will not be enjoying those processes; they will land on teams with messy or non
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by natasha_jaffe 11mo ago
Interviews can feel like a waking nightmare. Going blank during a coding challenge is right up there with the presenting-while-naked dream. In my case, much of that stress boils down to just how much of the process is outside of my contro
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Interview Prep for the Anxious(natashajaffe.substack.com)
2 points by natasha_jaffe 11mo ago|1 comments
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I don't know what to say to college freshmen(natashajaffe.substack.com)
3 points by natasha_jaffe 1y ago|1 comments
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by natasha_jaffe 1y ago
I started writing an advice piece for Computer Science majors and new grads but quickly realized that all of my experience as a hiring manager came from the software engineer boom, pre-AI. So anything I would say would probably feel out of
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Burnout Chronicles III: Return to the Code(natashajaffe.substack.com)
1 points by natasha_jaffe 1y ago|1 comments
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by natasha_jaffe 1y ago
There’s a lot of good writing out there by engineering managers who want to code but can’t anymore. What about wanting to want to code, though? This post is a reflection on where my love for code went and its slow return. Also ERCOT, w
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by natasha_jaffe 1y ago
Yeah, if this happens a lot (you needing to do the task with them only to realize they can't do it at all) then that is a strong signal on their performance, at least in whatever area the task belongs to. And I'm sorry - it'