Whiteboarding as Brainstorming
Part of my “brainstorming process” for working on a problem is to find a whiteboard where I can write down all the ideas for solutions and then start filling...
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Ruthless Prioritization
This is something I heard Sheryl Sandberg say years ago that really stuck with me. It is a variation of “focus on impact” that helped me to make sense of how...
My Introduction to Elder Care
My grandmother recently ended up in the hospital, and then a nursing home. She is fine, but the incident brought up the question of “how do I help” when I am...
Advice to a Young Engineer
It is near the end of “intern season”, and someone asked me what advice I would have given my younger self. Flippantly, my answer was “nothing” because I was...
My Experience with Lending Club
I like to experiment in different kinds of investments to see how they compare to traditional stock investing. Around 2012 there was some buzz about peer-to-...