A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I started working with an executive coach.  Part of the process is a 360 review (and I won’t receive the results for a bit still), but in addition to helping me learn to see myself better through that process she is also helping me through some of [...]

Hi, my name is Kate and I am a software engineer. Recently on twitter @lyndit posed the question: “Any tips on encouraging my 16 year old niece to consider engineering?” And that got me thinking, what was it that actually encouraged me to pursue a career in math and science?  And so I sat and [...]

The last few months have been a whirlwind. Second guessing I have been pushing myself to achieve more and accomplish more in the office. Outside of the office I have taken on more responsibilities volunteering at events, trying my hand at public speaking, and trying to learn the skills and traits to be the very [...]

Well hello faithful blog readers (and boy do I mean faithful since I haven’t posted in ages!) It has been so long since I posted – over a year.  Needless to say life and work has been keeping me busy.  So busy in fact I feel like I have time for little else, although I [...]

Recently I took to trip to Las Vegas and went on the Zappos Culture Tour.  Its free and definitely worth the 2 hours (they will even provide a shuttle to and from the strip). It was pretty interesting and definitely gave you a good look at their company culture and some of the “different” things [...]

Over the last week it seems like a lot of exciting things have been happening.   I posted my first blog on SEO (which is a mild indication I am progressing above novice and really starting to understand our users and audience – and that is super important if I am going to be successful in [...]

Today/tonight I posted my first work related piece of content on SEOmoz’s blog. It was a high level overview article on choosing a video strategy for your web site. I combined some of of knowledge from work at my last job at a video platform company where I was exposed to lots of different video [...]

I have a big birthday coming up in <2 weeks.  Like New Years and other “milestones” this one, too, has me thinking (a dangerous past time).  Once again I am reflecting on my life – what I have accomplished, what I had hoped to accomplish by now, and also realizing what I was missing in [...]

When dating women are often give the advice to “not be too available”, since it will decrease your perceived dating value.  And a lot like basic economics when something is scarce the value goes up – I believe that to apply to human interaction. And today I have yet another social experiment to prove that [...]

Happy New Year!  Its 2010 and that means a start of a new decade. As I have said previously, I heart New Years.  I love fresh starts.  The whole idea of turning over a new leaf and making things better than last year is such a great and inspirational feeling–it really gets me going. So [...]

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