I used to work in this horrible, toxic agency, years ago and one of the folks that worked with me was looking for a new job, on the sly. To sneak off for interviews, they would “go and get a haircut” and come back with exactly the same hair. This was nearly a decade ago […]
It’s that time of year again: personal sites getting a new lick of paint to close out the year. My personal site has been limping along for a few years now with some extremely basic CSS. It was also running a static site generator—Eleventy—but now it’s built with WordPress as an ultimate throwback to when […]
Three years ago today, I started my second stint as a freelancer. It’s still my best career move to date. After the company I worked for went under—making me redundant 48 hours before my second child was born—and a subsequent hellish period of going through interview processes with Tech Companies™, I made the right choice […]
Some things that have had nothing but an overall positive impact recently: Removing my work email from my phone (turns out you can actually do this if you work for yourself) Saying no, a lot Allowing stuff to be suboptimal (in my eyes); not everything I deliver needs to be perfect (in my opinion) if […]