A Knock I Couldn’t Ignore: The Other ‘L’ Word

A Knock I Couldn’t Ignore: The …

Today, I want to introduce you to a friend of mine. Well, ‘friend’ might be a stretch. Let’s just say she’s someone I know very well—maybe too well.  Her name is Mama Fine. She’s… complicated. Picture a combination of a…

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Progress over Perfection, and Doing It Any Way

Progress over Perfection, and Doing It Any …

Have you ever been so gripped by fear you couldn’t move? Like what you wanted most in life was right before you, beckoning you, but you were too afraid to seize it? Fear takes many forms. For some, it’s the…

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Candidate Experience: Things That Make You Go Hmm…

Candidate Experience: Things That Make You Go …

I wasn’t going to publish this but a TED talk by Luvvie Ajayi Jones gave me the nudge I needed. Notice how I said I wasn’t going to publish instead of write—because the truth is, I started writing about this…

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Didn’t know anyone, yet everyone was fam: My AfroTech Takeaways

Didn’t know anyone, yet everyone was …

AfroTech Conference 2024 wasn’t just another tech conference—it was the tech conference. Sure, it had the usual suspects: brilliant main-stagers, knowledge-dropping chiefs, cutting-edge panels in ice-cold theaters. Sessions covering all the hot topics like spatial audio, AI, cybersecurity, and climate…

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Turning ‘Unqualified’ Into an Offer

Turning ‘Unqualified’ Into an Offer

Have you ever been told you didn’t qualify for a job you knew you could do, but couldn’t quite prove it “on paper”? I have! Want to know how I landed a job offer anyway? Now, fair warning, this isn’t a…

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