When you scope down you think it means just get rid of a lens but don’t think about how a 1-lens pair of glasses don’t fit…
What most teams don’t do is adjust the reqs to make sense for the slimmed down scope…
Don’t be that kind of team 👍
In Q1 2019, 39% of Stripe's hiring was outside Bay Area and Seattle. Last quarter, it was 74%. I think the rate at which tech industry is going global is still under-appreciated, and that this will be a big tailwind for the world over the next decade.
Wanna be a better listener? Here’s a simple exercise to build that muscle:
1. Ask someone a question
2. Paraphrase their response back to them
3. Invite them to correct or complete the picture
This exercises hearing the spoken and the unspoken.
Rinse and repeat. 🙌🏻
One minor solution to this would be to put extremely accurate measurements on any clothing item being listed. But the problem is much larger. Hopefully we can all be a little more picky and cognizant.
theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
For those with 👀 for the design process, here are my sketches from the first round. Though rare, this project actually looks pretty similar to what's in the wild!
🔪 Ultimately individual country pages (2nd img) were killed based on timeline, but the sketch lives on.
Amazon: You have a delivery! But, we won’t tell you what it is!
Me: So I have to go to my orders page instead of .. just seeing it in this email?
Amazon: Yes.
Me: Why?
Amazon: Because business.
Me: But I’m your business!
Amazon: Who are you going to use, Walmart? lolz
This #PrideMonth, Caliber is thrilled to celebrate our LGBTQ members, customers, and communities. We’re proud to be an organization with personnel as diverse as the communities and customers we serve. 🏳️🌈
#Pride#HappyPrideMonth