Psst! A thing I work on, Discord’s Jamspace Whiteboard, just got a bunch of new features. Please try it out! It’s also featured in our back to school blog post. I’m so proud of this team! *All statements are my own and don’t represent the positions or opinions of my employer.
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Leaving Code.org
August 14, 2020 was my last day at Code.org.
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Memorable feedback
I recently asked a couple of experienced software engineers (on different occasions) this question: Tell me about a bit of useful feedback that’s stuck with you. In each case, the answer was immediate and deeply personal. Each engineer described direct critical feedback they had received from a coworker years ago, about their communication style. When…
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I was listening to TED Radio Hour’s “Nudge” episode today. The second segment features Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology at Stanford and author of Mindset (2006). One exchange jumped out at me. Carol: We condition [kids] to show that they have talents and abilities all the time, and we think this is the road to…
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