Life
Life
Life
Optimizing your onboarding: lessons from libraries to UX
If you are starting a new project with a new stakeholder, a new job, or even a new team, what should you do in the first 30 days?
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Life
Greetings from Seattle
I'm writing to you from the PNW! Flew in on Sunday and had my first bowl of 🍜Ramen at Danbo. I've never heard of this place, went because of high ratings. Hit the spot for an introvert like me, eating noodles alone at the bar counter.
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Satire
There should be a course for being laid off
"Cat, are our jobs safe? Google is laying people off."
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Life
5 stories from two decades of design
Celebrating two decades in design this February, I hope my story highlights the qualities that define not just successful designers, but individuals who thrive in an environment of constant change.
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Life
What do I want to achieve?
Last Wednesday at the office was eerily quiet. Layoffs of 2024 happened with a few teams (Audible, Prime Video, Twitch).
Life
A somber end to 2023
Reflective trip to Seattle. I was given the gift of clarity and broadened perspectives.
Life
Season of job change
I don't know what's in the air this past week, but my mentees were asking me about internal transfers and changing teams. Changing teams internally requires a smaller, less painful interview process...
Leadership
Design thought leadership
Everybody gets to choose their version of a hard choice.
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Life
Reorgs... navigating work life with courage
"you can't change the past, but you might learn something from it."
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Life
Summer ‘23 musings config, authenticity, and kardashians
How is your Sunday? From my last update in June, I had an intense month of May and decided to take a break from posting weekly. I'm happy I slowed things down. I went to physical therapy and found out I have a frozen shoulder! 🥶 I have a
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Frameworks & Mental Model
Career growth and life strategy
Need experience for job, but need job for experience.