I'm taking a 2-day course called Executive Communication & Influence for Senior ICs. Here are some notes for me to consolidate learning and have a reference to come back to. RLC Framework "Always be selling" - practice all the time. Treat each stakeholder and each communication as important, because they are. That includes slack messag...

It's been about 3.5 years since I've last written something. In that time I managed to completely forget that this blog exists! It's quite fun reading through my older writing and realizing I don't hate it! Here's a bit of stream of consciousness writing to get the juices flowing again... Since I last wrote much has changed. I am now t...

I recently came across Jordan Peterson's guide on how to write an essay. It included one of the best and most practical guides on notetaking that I've ever read. According to Peterson, the purpose of taking notes is to understand what you're reading at a deep level and to enter into dialogue with the writer of the text. Highlighting, u...

As 2021 is coming to an end an I find myself in a reflective mood. This past year has been full and fulfilling both personally and professionally. Since I've committed to writing on a weekly basis, I thought I'd share some of the big things that happened and lay out a few things I'd like to see happen in the coming year. First, the per...

I recently started the Online Master of Science in Analytics (OMSA) at Georgia Institute of Technology. My first course, Introduction to Computing for Data Analysis (CSE 6040), ended this week so I thought I'd share a description and review of the experience. The OMSA program consists of 15 hours of core coursework on analytics in comp...

Yesterday I published my first article on Linkedin and Twitter. I was happy with the outcome because it wasn't a self-referential diary entry, but at the same time it did cause some anxiety. I felt pretty vulnerable and spent a lot of time thinking about what people I know would think of my writing. In Ship 30 for 30 they say not to be...

Throughout my career I have worked in analytics at various levels, and every job I've had dealt with data in some capacity. At its basic level, my first job consisted of mind-numbingly repetitive data entry in MS Excel. Thanks to that drudgery, over time I got pretty quick with Excel. I got to a point where I could effortlessly jump ar...

I've realized I'm drowning in a sea of words, so this is me lifting my head above water to take a breath. I started writing today with the idea of spending on hour on another 250-word Atomic Essay. It didn't go as planned. Without a clear topic in mind I did a few minutes of free writing to see what came to mind. After three or four se...

Over the past month I've been noodling with the idea of developing a writing habit. The thought has been gnawing at me, so I'm leaning into it. The driving motivation is to continue to learn. I've read over and over that the best way to coalesce thoughts and really test whether you understand something is to get it in writing and try t...

Hey World, This is my first post, testing out how publication works. Let's see if more writing comes... -Wojtek