I think I’m very far enough removed from this interview to safely publish this doozy: a very senior SVP at a very publicly traded company interviewed me for a very cool job, and we really hit it off (professionally). My interview with his boss went well. Then the company was radio silent. I dutifully followed…
Category: Compliment or Insult
Compliment or Insult: No New Friends Edition
I met a friend of a friend of a friend at a party. We exchanged hellos as part of a small group and went our separate ways as the party grew larger. Three hours later, we were chatting in a hallway, bonding over remote work, digital marketing, feminism, and other shared interests. “I don’t mean…
Compliment or Insult: :::Shrugs::: Edition [this is some xlyssa shit]
I workout alone most of the time, and I love it—it’s uninterrupted me time. But sometimes, like when I do something good, I really wish someone was there to celebrate with me. I back squat 20 reps @ 225# today. One of the trainers came over as I was racking the weight and crumbling to…
Compliment or Insult: Yoga Edition
I hesitate to even label this a Compliment or Insult but it’s kinda too funny to skip … We know I’m both an avid lifter and yogi, and Shannon is one of my favorite yoga teachers, and I’m at her Tuesday/Thursday 7:15am class on a more regular schedule than anything else in my life—except maybe…
Compliment or Insult: Work Website Edition
I am a creator of award-winning websites. Literally, alorica.com just won a prestigious award (for its News Center, but still!). For my job, I also make various other websites, which will never win awards but serve their purpose. In my very first job, my boss/mentor told me “you design websites for the Lowest Common Denominator.…
Compliment or Insult: Work Edition
Me: How do you save an Outlook email as an attachment? [thinking: outlook is stupid] Direct report: You’re SO smart that sometimes you get really dumb with simple things.
Where am I now? | Feel Good Friday 051316
I took a last-minute business trip to Fresno, California earlier this week. It was an awesome, informative, jam-packed trip, made all the more fun by a constant game of “Where am I now?” with my own personal poor (wo)man’s JJ Watt*, who once lived in Fresno (mine, not JJ). He answered near-constant texts not only…
Compliment or Insult: My Own Mother Edition
“I’d look like you if I gained 10 pounds!” … says my mom, who we all know I love dearly. After she asked my dad if she could get fat because she’s tired of working out and just wants to drink wine. He told her no. She asked if she could gain 10 pounds. He…
Compliment or Insult: Catfish Edition
Probably because I am a true faux celeb, I was recently the victim—and I do NOT use this word lightly—of some identity theft via someone creating a fake Facebook account with my photos and trolling some Land Rover forums. Facebook was extremely unhelpful in taking down this profile, and it still exists today. Only by…
Compliment or Insult: You’re Pretty, But … Edition
I know you guys have missed this fun series of posts … Dude: Hey, would you ever want to go out with me? Me: No, I’m not really interested. Dude: OK, but it’s just that you’re awesome. I mean, you’re pretty, but you’re really like a badass chick, I don’t meet many people like you.