denise

@deniseyu
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Engineering manager. Almost definitely a sheepdog in a past life.
Currently learning about ceramics, Japanese, music improv and jamming, digital drawing, and lots more!
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If you think about it for 3 seconds, the thermometer visual device that people use for fundraising towards a goal makes absolutely no sense

Thermometers aren’t representations of….progress. If you get to the top, it doesn’t mean some goal has been hit, it means we’re having a mass extinction event

(I wouldn't bring anyone into an awful situation. This is about the turnaround.)

Other stats:
- Company size: 100-200
- I'm looking for someone who understands enterprise software compliance, modernization, and scalability.
- But mostly, being able to work through the org recovery is the most important
- Tech stack is all over the place and likely to change as the products modernize. You'll be working on the modern pieces.
- Fully remote Canada wide. Optional in office days in Toronto and Vancouver.

employees: can we stop whiplashing between hiring booms and mass layoffs please. our children need us to have stable employment

execs: best I can do is get you an enterprise subscription to kudoboard

jazz musicians have it tough. You have to spend YEARS learning music theory - chords, scales, modes, modulations, rhythm, ear training, etc - and then years drilling those scales and arpeggios into your ears and fingers, then learning the standards, and the history…

…all so that a few people can appreciate your art!!

(said with love, as a failed jazz student)

only after reading @kolya’s reply did I realize it’s actually called Office365

software so terrible that your end users can’t even focus for long enough to remember the final character of your name

a non-negotiable condition of all future jobs I work is NO. MORE. OFFICE360!!!!!!

If I have to use Sharepoint I’m quitting on day 1

As someone who previously stayed at a job “for the people”, one of the biggest lessons about job mobility that I’ve learned is:

Don’t stay at a job for the people

Literally unless you’re at a startup and you believe in the founder… the other 99% of the time, the people are the most changeable component of a workplace. Good people will follow better opportunities. You’ll find each other again.

two mantras that I live by:

1. Don’t be the first penguin off the iceberg
2. Don’t be the last rat off the ship

The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a-tech-career-in-2026/
How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026?

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