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Stay Home

This is a message I wrote to my teammates at work about staying home when you’re sick. Some wanted to share it with friends, so here it is…

3 min readApr 30, 2018

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</2017><2018>

2017 is over, thank your chosen deity.

4 min readJan 1, 2018

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Moving Fast, Staying Put

Three movers brought in my stuff. I have a lot of stuff, so three movers were required. It was the same company that took my stuff away…

5 min readSep 6, 2017

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Project Include

I am disappointed but unsurprised by the news that an anti-diversity, sexist, manifesto is making…

Aside from how they’re going to repair the damage of this event (of which there will be much), the most important question we should be…

3 min readAug 5, 2017

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You Are Valued

An important thing I learned upon leaving Slack: there were pockets of deep appreciation for me, everywhere.

4 min readJul 28, 2017

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Growing Value

Have you ever been having a really bad day? Nothing is going right. The hot water was out when you woke up in the morning, your shoes won’t…

4 min readJun 8, 2017

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Some Days of Blackness

Some days it is easy to forget the pain of being a Black person on this earth. Some days we can celebrate the Beyoncé’s and Solange’s and…

2 min readMay 2, 2017

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After

On November 8, 2016, I went to bed before anyone could read an acceptance or concession speech. I couldn’t really face the reality of a…

11 min readNov 15, 2016

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Exit Strategy

Vancouver. Slack has an office there, but it gets cold there. Also, it’s too close to the United States and I don’t put it past the…

4 min readNov 4, 2016

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What to Expect When You’re Speaking

Did you get a speaking request? Hooray, someone likes what’s going on in your brain and wants to share it with the rest of the world…by…

6 min readOct 14, 2016

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EricaJoy

EricaJoy

I solve puzzles for fun. I work on Engineering Management at Microsoft. I am enthralled by building great teams. I like gummy bears. I believe in you.

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