On Friday February 14, Valentine’s Day, 2025, the notices started coming in. Thousands of Americans had lost their jobs. People working at Centers for Disease Control, the US Department Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, the US Agency for International Development, and more, with apparent disregard for performance or tenure, had been suddenly terminated. It would turn out to be the…
On March 15th, 2025, I was honored to be invited to speak at Funding the Commons: Infrastructures of Resilience , a conference hosted at the awe-inspiring Internet Archive in San Francisco, a testament to the essential gift that open libraries are to our world. The event took place amidst a purge of public information and public officials by the Trump Administration. The conference brought…
I’m frequently asked for advice on how to break into the industry I’m in or how to achieve a position I’ve held. I’ve been privileged to serve in many interesting and varied roles across sectors, from small nonprofits and garage startups to huge multinationals and even the US Federal Government. While I personally owe a lot of my journey to privilege, luck, and the good graces of others, I know…
I’m frequently asked for advice on how to break into the industry I’m in or how to achieve a position I’ve held. I’ve been privileged to serve in many interesting and varied roles across sectors, from small nonprofits and garage startups to huge multinationals and even the US Federal Government. While I personally owe a lot of my journey to privilege, luck, and the good graces of others, I know…
@visakanv has many threads on the topic of upping your reply game I’m frequently asked for advice on how to break into the industry I’m in or how to achieve a position I’ve held. I’ve been privileged to serve in many interesting and varied roles across sectors, from small nonprofits and garage startups to huge multinationals and even the US Federal Government. While I personally owe a lot of my…
I’m frequently asked for advice on how to break into the industry I’m in or how to achieve a position I’ve held. I’ve been privileged to serve in many interesting and varied roles across sectors, from small nonprofits and garage startups to huge multinationals and even the US Federal Government. While I personally owe a lot of my journey to privilege, luck, and the good graces of others, I know…
I’m frequently asked for advice on how to break into the industry I’m in or how to achieve a position I’ve held. I’ve been privileged to serve in many interesting and varied roles across sectors, from small nonprofits and garage startups to huge multinationals and even the US Federal Government. While I personally owe a lot of my journey to privilege, luck, and the good graces of others, I know…
Sometimes, leaving a job is thrilling! Other times, it’s decidedly less so. It’s estimated that over 100,000 tech workers lost their jobs in the last year. I’ve known several people who were laid off, often with very little warning. It sucks. It’s scary and frantic and can be hard to know what to do. Inspired by a moment like this a couple years ago, some friends and I put our heads together to…
Update! The Algorithmic Accountability Act was re-introduced September 21, 2023 by Senators Wyden and Booker and Representative Clarke along with 14 other co-sponsors. I spent the 2021 year serving as a technology advisor to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and learning about being a staffer in Congress through the TechCongress Congressional Innovation Fellowship. To apply to TechCongress, visit…
Update! The Algorithmic Accountability Act was re-introduced September 21, 2023 by Senators Wyden and Booker and Representative Clarke along with 14 other co-sponsors. In January of 2021, I moved to Washington, DC. It was a difficult week to come to this nation’s capital, but I am grateful I did. I spent the next year serving as a technology advisor to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and learning about…