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Embracing Impermanence in Tech: Lessons for the New Year
The impending end of the year always prompts reflection. What worked and what didn’t? What were the highlights? Is there room for more of that next year? Doing these exercises, I admit that I sometimes get haunted by the impermanence woven into the very fabric of the tech industry. Let me explain. Impermanence is everywhere from…
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Tapestry Series — #2 Anastasia Kondratieva, Site Reliability Engineer
Introduction to the Tapestry Interview Series: “Tapestries are made by many artisans working together. The contributions of separate workers cannot be discerned in the completed work, and the loose and false threads have been covered over.” Sheldon Glashow Even though tech is a multidisciplinary field, when many people think of tech, the first thing that…
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Tapestry Series — #1 Clara Cali Mella, Analytics and Insights Manager

Introduction to the Tapestry Interview Series: “Tapestries are made by many artisans working together. The contributions of separate workers cannot be discerned in the completed work, and the loose and false threads have been covered over.” Sheldon Glashow Even though tech is a multidisciplinary field, when many people think of tech, the first thing that…
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6 tips on hiring: for tech companies and hiring managers

As we all know, hiring is a hard problem. Even in the current tumultuous climate for VC-founded businesses, the tech market remains a competitive place to hire good talented people. It’s as important as ever to know how to have a smooth hiring process that optimises for success attracting the people you want and giving…
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Hello World!

Hi everyone! 👋 It’s good to be here. It’s good to be writing. In June 2022 I attended LeadDev London. In its opening talk, Vitor Reis said, “Writing is thinking”. From the second row, I was internally screaming, “YES!!!!”. Since I started my career, I have always cared about technical documentation. Nevertheless, I’d fall short of documenting processes,…