Career

I remember sitting in my first real office job, staring at a spreadsheet that felt like it was draining the literal life out of my eyes, while a "career coach"…

I was sitting in a glass-walled conference room last Tuesday, watching a project manager flip through his forty-second slide of a deck, when I realized we weren't actually working—we were…

I spent fifteen years watching people treat professional networking like it was some high-stakes performance art. I’ve sat in those sterile conference rooms where everyone is swapping business cards like…

I remember sitting at my kitchen table ten years ago, surrounded by three half-empty coffee mugs and a laptop that was running hot enough to fry an egg. I was…

I was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, trying to solder a finicky capacitor into a 1970s Moog synthesizer, when my phone buzzed with another "urgent" email from a client.…

I remember sitting at my workbench three years ago, surrounded by the guts of a disassembled Moog synthesizer, staring at a "thanks, but no thanks" email on my phone. The…

I was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, trying to coax a temperamental Moog synthesizer back to life, when I realized I was treating the circuit board exactly like my…

I remember sitting in my workshop last November, staring at the guts of a 1970s Moog synthesizer, and realizing I couldn't even remember the last time I’d felt actually present.…

I spent the better part of my twenties watching guys with half my technical ability slide into management roles simply because they knew how to play the corporate game. They…

I was sitting in a windowless conference room five years ago, watching a guy in a tailored suit drone on about "synergistic leadership paradigms" and "leveraging emotional intelligence frameworks." The…