Jocelyn’s Blog

“Effective Leadership in High Tech” Syllabus and Reading List

Every Fall quarter, Stanford kindly permits Mauria Finley and I to teach “CS 183E: Effective Leadership in High Tech.” (AKA: “Soft Skills for CS Majors.”) We try to pay forward the lessons we learned over many years working…

Culture is the Behavior You Reward and Punish

Some lessons creep up on you gradually; others hit you over the head like an…

New Year, New Beginnings

Leaving Facebook felt like jumping out of a plane.

A Recipe for an Interview

or, Hiring Engineers part 4: Interview Assessment

Screening: You’re Doing It Wrong

Or, Hiring Engineers Part 3: Screening Interviews

Productivity Hacks

Engineers love nothing more than hacking on our own productivity. At its worst, it becomes its own form of procrastination…

Read Resumes Backwards

or, Hiring Engineers Step 2: Resume Filtering

How To Ask For A Promotion

The key to promotion is working on a project at the next level of scope.