Key Values Blog

As a first-time solo founder who has changed careers multiple times (and will surely change careers again!), I know how important finding your tribe is. This blog is a collection of conversations I've had, advice I've received from people wiser than me, and my weekly newsletters where I share my thoughts and opinions on job searching, career navigation, and life in general.

Whether you're looking for your next engineering job or starting a company of your own, I hope you'll find something helpful here and learn that you are not alone!

• What exactly do developer advocates do?
• What startup employees fail to understand about their equity
• Engineering whiteboard interviews: yay or nay?
• Should tech companies use quotas to increase diversity?
• Can't get engineering interviews? Try the side door.
• What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
• How engineers can stand out from the applicant pool (advice from technical founders)

Newsletters

• Stand out from the crowd(March 31st, 2022)
• On making big life decisions (jk I have no idea either)(March 17th, 2022)
• Let’s go places!(March 10th, 2022)
• Good or bad, nothing lasts forever(March 3rd, 2022)
• Finding the right team is always relevant(February 24th, 2022)
• To the independent grown-ups(February 17th, 2022)
• For the love of life, don't be boring!(February 10th, 2022)
• Feeling inspired is a drug(January 27th, 2022)
• Pep talk, anyone?(January 20th, 2022)
• It is officially interview season!(January 13th, 2022)
• Your dream team does indeed exist(January 7th, 2022)
• The good, the bad, and the extraordinary(December 31st, 2021)
• Hit the refresh button(December 23rd, 2021)
• You only listen to the advice you want to hear(December 16th, 2021)
• How I became an Ironmom 💪(December 9th, 2021)
• Who's hiring? Big Health, The Mom Project, and Plus!(December 2nd, 2021)
• Hello from Cozumel!(November 18th, 2021)
• How do you know what matters?(November 11th, 2021)
• That magical two-letter word: no(November 4th, 2021)
• "Are you happy?"(October 28th, 2021)
• You are who you pretend to be 😘(October 21st, 2021)
• How will you write your life story? 😍(October 14th, 2021)
• Rinse and re...evaluate(October 7th, 2021)
• Permission to DO YOU, boo boo!(September 30th, 2021)
• Behind the scenes of Key Values(September 16th, 2021)
• Peer pressure as an adult anyone?(September 9th, 2021)
• These 8 companies are hiring…(September 2nd, 2021)
• New address, who dis?(August 27th, 2021)
• Get paid to get ready(August 19th, 2021)
• 99 problems (wait is this TMI? 😂)(August 12th, 2021)
• Don't overcorrect!(August 5th, 2021)
• Who needs a change of scenery?(July 30th, 2021)
• Open that door and walk through it!(July 22nd, 2021)
• Some weekend inspo(July 16th, 2021)
• Work(ing) with no regrets(July 8th, 2021)
• So you want to stay remote?(July 1st, 2021)
• It's not what you do, it's who you do it with(June 24th, 2021)
• How do you define work/life balance?(June 17th, 2021)
• The best job for YOU(June 10th, 2021)
• Have your pick of the (job) litter(May 21st, 2021)
• Level up your network(May 6th, 2021)
• Everyone is hiring... even me!(April 29th, 2021)
• The BOOM in hiring right now(April 16th, 2021)
• Is what we do who we are?(April 8th, 2021)
• New month, new jobs, and new baby?! 😍(April 1st, 2021)
• On breaking into a new industry(November 12th, 2020)
• Need a distraction?(November 5th, 2020)
• Focus on what you can control, not what you cannot!(October 30th, 2020)
• Hiring has *officially* resumed(October 23rd, 2020)
• On making the rest of 2020 count(October 15th, 2020)
• Sometimes, you already have the answer you’re looking for(October 8th, 2020)
• The world has changed. Have you?(September 24th, 2020)
• Alive, well, and back again! 🙌(September 3rd, 2020)
• Take time off, you deserve it!(May 28th, 2020)
• Interviewing (and dating) truisms(May 14th, 2020)
• Money talks, so what's it saying?(May 7th, 2020)
• Oh, the places we've been and the places we'll go!(April 30th, 2020)
• Take care of #1: yourself.(April 23rd, 2020)
• How are you going to reinvent yourself?(April 16th, 2020)
• Your advantage during a crisis? Perspective.(April 9th, 2020)
• Companies are still hiring, no April Fools!(April 2nd, 2020)
• Good questions to ask during a global pandemic(March 26th, 2020)
• Surviving (or thriving) in uncertainty(March 19th, 2020)
• Flatten the curve! 🙏(March 12th, 2020)
• Who wants to work remote?(March 5th, 2020)
• We're a Key Values community, y'all!(February 27th, 2020)
• Pro tip: Be a real human in your job search(February 20th, 2020)
• Who's hiring? Wealthfront, Amplitude, Covariant, and more!(February 13th, 2020)
• Advice shopping is where it's at(January 30th, 2020)
• Don't dismiss companies for silly reasons!(January 23rd, 2020)
• Are you living by your values? 👀(January 16th, 2020)
• Rethinking your whole life? (Yeah, me too.)(January 9th, 2020)
• What will you make of this new year?!(January 2nd, 2020)
• No regrets, 2020!(December 26th, 2019)
• What do Kumail's body gains have to do w/ Key Values?!(December 19th, 2019)
• New Year's resolutions are trash(December 12th, 2019)
• You don't know what you don't know(December 5th, 2019)
• To be or not to be (remote)?(November 28th, 2019)
• Navigating self-care, loyalty, and grit(November 21st, 2019)
• A 70yo's secret to a full and happy life(November 14th, 2019)
• When do you pull the plug and quit your job?(November 7th, 2019)
• What scares me the most about your job search(October 31st, 2019)
• Stop asking others, "What's the best company to work for?"(October 24th, 2019)
• Employees are business owners, too(October 17th, 2019)
• How to know if companies are lying(October 10th, 2019)
• Who's hiring? Instacart, Airtable, and Signal!(October 3rd, 2019)
• 10 startups with <= 15 employees(September 26th, 2019)
• Which big company should you work for?(September 19th, 2019)
• Why collaboration across departments matters (a lot!)(September 12th. 2019)
• When it comes to your job search, depth > breadth(September 5th, 2019)
• Combine your passions, interests, and skill sets(August, 29th, 2019)
• Jambo from the Serengeti in Tanzania!(August 22nd, 2019)
• What is company culture anyway?(August 15th, 2019)
• How to be happy for other people(August 8th, 2019)
• Free yourself from rigid work schedules.(August 1st, 2019)
• Pull back those curtains!(July 25th, 2019)
• Find time to meet with me!(July 18th, 2019)
• Do you have a mission statement for yourself?(July 11th, 2019)
• The 100th Key Values newsletter!(July 4th, 2019)
• Full archive coming!