Jessie LiinYear 30 OnwardsWhat I See in Managers I Love (and Counter Examples)They talk about me, not about themselves. “Manager, why was decision x made?” “Because personally I think that’s the right decision and I’m…Mar 5, 2022Mar 5, 2022
Jessie LiinYear 30 OnwardsBenchmarkingIt’s so easy to want to benchmark against things. At school we got a test score of 75, which seemed bad. But hey, all our friends got…Jan 7, 20221Jan 7, 20221
Jessie LiinYear 30 OnwardsWhat I’ve Learned from Building 0–1 Products in a Big CompanyThis is a developing story. I want to use it as a reflection of personal growth from a junior-ish data scientist IC to a product leader…Dec 20, 2021Dec 20, 2021
Jessie LiinYear 30 OnwardsBeing a ParentToday I sent my parents off to SFO to catch flights back to China. My mom has stayed in the US for nearly 6 months and my dad has been here…Sep 27, 20211Sep 27, 20211
Jessie LiinYear 30 OnwardsDiligent And KindI used to dislike complimenting or being complimented as “diligent” and “kind”: I saw “diligence” as the opposite of “talent”, where…Apr 5, 2021Apr 5, 2021
Jessie LiinYear 30 OnwardsLabor & DeliveryI gave birth to a baby girl two weeks ago. It was pretty close to the due date so not completely unexpected, but with a twist — I went to…Mar 2, 2021Mar 2, 2021
Jessie LiinYear 30 OnwardsThe QuestionI started maternity leave (or really, a combination of short term disability leave + maternity leave + parental leave) from Feb 1 in…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021