There’s a familiar experience many of us share, one that transcends who we are and what we do: opening a digital product and feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of options, settings, and features that seem to be added without rhyme or reason. What once was simple and intuitive now feels like navigating a maze. …
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Lessons learned: one year into pursuing an MBA while balancing full-time work
In the deep hours of the night, when notifications have finally stopped, deadlines are met (or at least delayed), and the house is quiet, some working professionals find themselves switching gears from their day job to their other full-time occupation: the business school. For those of us chasing an MBA while working full-time, the experience …
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A new chapter: Product Manager at Oxford University Press
After three months of mini-retirement, or funemployment if you like the word (I do!), words can’t explain how honoured I am to tell the world that I’m the new Product Manager at the Oxford University Press. Starting today, I’ll be building products for the biggest university press in the world, whose history can be traced …
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Why “follow your passion” is the worst career advice
I’d like to start this blog post with a quote that you’ve probably read somewhere on the Internet: Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. Often attributed to Confucius (which doesn’t really convince me—was “career choice” a thing in Confucius’s China?), this statement spread throughout a fairly wide range …
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