This was quite something. Thinking about it and going over last year’s events, I’m not quite sure how all of it ever fit into one year. As I’m writing this, I’m sitting on a red couch with a piano nearby while the wind is blowing outside, I just had some tea and mini pizzas, and, […]
27 things I learned about hiring in tech from looking for a new engineering management role
This spring, I spent some time looking for a new professional challenge. This search turned out to be much more interesting and intense than I’d expected. Along the way, I learned quite a lot about myself, the broader industry, and how to do hiring well, and wanted to share those learnings with you. — Getting […]
February 2018
Found What I hadn’t been looking for. 5€ in the street and left them there. Wrote Berlin, Winter (October 2017-February 2018) About my time in Melbourne in Winter 2017 Watched (or saw) The void Belle and Sebastian live Overheard (or said) “You should really get onto teleportation. It helps with so much.” “Another friend just […]
Love for books, mangos and Heavy Metal: December 2016
I’d really like to start this post by saying that I tried very hard to finish this in time with the year in review post for the year of 2016. But, honestly, I didn’t even try. For some reason, finishing the post about the whole year felt much more urgent. But December was a not-half-bad month in the […]
Mein erster Talk auf einer Tech-Konferenz
Ende März, ein sonniger Dienstagvormittag. Ich sitze entspannt in meiner Küche, trinke Kaffee, arbeite und sehe eben meine Twitter-Timeline durch, als eine Nachricht auf meinem Rechner aufploppt: “Ich habe eben eine Anfrage für eine Konferenz bekommen. Frag doch mal, ob du dort auch einen Talk halten kannst!” Meine Arbeitskollegin und gute Freundin, eine erfahrene Software-Entwicklerin, […]