Co-founder https://peacecanada.org
Flinger of packets; network engineer by trade. These days more general platform tech, strategy, and generally trying to make it suck less to develop, deploy, and run stuff at scale. Expect tech nerdy things, snark & bad puns, and nature & animal pics.
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| Pronous | he/him |
| github | https://github.com/hslabbert |
| PEACE charity | https://peacecanada.org |
| Codeberg | https://codeberg.org/hslabbert |
7. Tell me about a time you saw something unethical and decided to speak up. What was the result?
8. Describe a time you received critical feedback from your manager or team. How did you handle it?
9. What’s an example of something that’s changed in your approach in response to feedback?
10. If I find a typo on your website, email signature, or business card, would you want me to let you know?
What are yours?
3. How do you prefer to get feedback when you make a mistake?
4. Tell me about a time you made a significant error. How did you fix it, and what did you learn?
5. If a manager, donor, or investor asked you to do something you thought was wrong, how would you respond?
6. Give an example of when you’ve defended someone against pushback from others. How did it impact you personally and professionally?
They're not just interviewing you, you're also interviewing them. One of my writing groups had us do reverse interview questions for prospective managers. Here are the ones I came up with. (I will not actually be asking these, but they are the things I would want to know.)
1. Describe a situation in which you had to take a stand on a value or principle which was unpopular.
2. Give an example of a time you went out of your way to help someone who couldn’t benefit you professionally.
“but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?”
“well, that’s the thing, it didn’t have one.”
“oh, so how would you update the firmware then?”
“it had none. it was just a tea kettle.”
“woah.”
Here are two facts that are going to shape the future profoundly:
Doge destroyed America’s international USAID work, and China has an absolutely wild, tectonic surplus supply of solar panels.
Right now, the United States has destroyed their international soft power infrastructure, particularly around health and preventable disease, at a moment where China can effectively give away enough solar power to decarbonize some country’s entire power grids for close to free.
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