Notes from the deciding side of the table.
Short pieces on the same three things: preparation, intentionality, differentiation.
- February 18, 2026 · 1 min
How to read a posting like the person scoring it
Most candidates read the posting for permission to apply. Hiring managers wrote it as a list of things they intend to score you on.
- January 27, 2026 · 1 min
The work you did that nobody titled
Twelve years through three reorganizations is not “only worked one place.” It is institutional judgment nobody wrote a job title for.
- December 9, 2025 · 1 min
What thirty-five years of hiring taught me about who gets the offer
It was rarely the most qualified person on paper. It was the person who had decided, before walking in, what they wanted the room to remember.