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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How I lost it all…or did I? My Unplanned Glow-Up

How I lost it all…or did …

In one week, I lost my job, my mom, and my man. To make this pity party really on and poppin’, three months earlier, only days before my birthday, let’s just say my cat and I went to the cat…

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Context, Big-Picture Perspective and Agape

Context, Big-Picture Perspective and Agape

Once I dated a man whom I thought I would marry and build a family with—something I hadn’t desired until him—but we broke up. Even though we made this decision together during a loving, respectful conversation, we felt deeply perplexed…

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Why Do Titles Trump the Need to Learn?

Why Do Titles Trump the Need to …

Heyo Managers, Leads, Supervisors, and the like! Ever notice how, at this level, there’s a constant push for you to attend training sessions and management-level meetings to stay updated on every new policy, tool, and team issue? But then, when…

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