You came to me asking if you should quit. But you know the only reason you came to ask me…
Author: Pam Selle
You should quit
Congratulations on your fake promotion!
FROM: MANAGEMENT TO: YOUR INBOX SUBJECT: Congratulations on your fake promotion to Lead! Cherished employee, We’re so excited to offer…

Pruning
Anxiety is not a clean burning fuel
I’m exploring how using anxiety as general purpose fuel for action is not a sustainable strategy. Anxiety is a feeling…
Raise the money, then give it away: Reflections on a Giving Project
For six months in 2020-2021, I worked with a group of 20 people to raise over $180,000 and give it…
2021 Year in Review
There were good times and a lot of bad times and really weird times. Sometimes, the bad times led to…
Fetch the bolt cutters
CW: Mention of suicide My body, rather than my mind, made me stop working in the tech industry, and that…
Testing a command inside a docker container (or getting an interactive session)
I’ve used Docker but know very few commands (my favorite command being “docker prune”, to clean up images on a…
Prioritizing Technical Debt as if Time and Money Matters (talk notes)
Last month I attended some sessions of Philly ETE, and I took a bunch of notes from this talk and…
A lot of it is timing: Reflections on a tech job hunt
I really appreciate job hunt posts and I thought I’d share one from my recent search. My favorites in this…