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Beyond Linear helps high-performers redesign their careers beyond the traditional ladder
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Let’s Talk Promotion (opens the original)
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One morning I opened Slack and found out that the strategy I had spent four months on was going to be presented to leadership by someone else. Higher level than me, not in the working group, not a subject matter expert.I could have gone wild. Complain to my manager, then to my skip, say it’s not fair bla bla bla. But listen, obviously that person had political allies if they managed to make it happen. So I had to be smarter than that.Instead of saying “it’s my precious”, I pinged a few folks who
From PM to Full-Time Community Builder (opens the original)
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My favorite pillar to write about is people who pivot from tech. People who made brave and maybe irrational decisions if you look at those from the outside.Today’s guest is . He studied computer engineering and worked as a product manager in construction tech. Nowadays, he runs the Olive Tree Writing Club in New York and hosted more than 100 events for writers. We talked about how a “math kid” who disliked English became a daily blogger, why some communities
100 days after I left Stripe (opens the original)
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TL;DR If you’re expecting any kind of drama, you can unsubscribe right now - I’m doing pretty well overall, though my path to this state was anything but linear :DAbout a week ago I posted a note about my first 100 days of being ex-Stripe. It went viral, and I’m still getting comments on it. The vast majority of them fall into two buckets - why I left, and what’s next. This post answers both.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hwKR!,f_auto,q
Build Right Systems for Your Side Hustle (opens the original)
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A while back I was a guest on Nicolas Vaca’s podcast, Untold. This time I turned the tables and invited him onto mine - to talk about what it actually takes to start a creative project on the side of a full-time job, and keep it alive past the point where most people quit.Nicolas and I met on his podcast, Untold, where I was a guest. We had a great conversation about the future of work, AI, and how all of that is changing our lives. Today, I invited Nicolas to talk about the harsh truth of ho
How to increase visibility of your work (opens the original)
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Over the last few weeks I’ve had a number of consultations on the same topic: “Half-year performance reviews landed. X got promoted but I’m more knowledgeable, shipped more impactful products and stayed longer in the company”. I get it, I was there.I wish everyone would work at a company where meritoсracy is the king. Where one’s growth and career advancement is based on competence, hard work and talen
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