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…
Tag: 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: 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: 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: Retribution Edition
And in response to last week’s Compliment or Insult: Gchat Edition, my color commentator Paul responds:
Compliment or Insult: Gchat Edition
Ah, have you guys missed Compliment or Insult?! I have (guess I have to get into a non-CrossFit gym…) Thankfully, this gem popped on over to my screen via gchat the other day, re: my gchat photo: Ah, being an overlooked attractive woman.
Daily Odd Compliment
As usual, hilarious things actually said to me. PS I have to thank the hammy for this gnarly rash … it just never ends. inspiration: dailyoddcompliment.tumblr.com
Compliment or Insult: “I Did See You Squatting” Edition
Background: One day, I was repping back squats at very close to my one-rep max. If you’re unfamiliar with this feeling, know that it was challenging enough to make me almost throw up standing up the weight on my last rep. The following conversation ensued: Texter: Are you good at football? Me: Yep.