Melissa DePuydt – Medium

Melissa DePuydt

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The Way We Tell Stories, Revisited

Reflections on my first year working at Medium

Apr 29

The Way We Tell Stories, Revisited

Apr 29

The Beer of a Lifetime

A letter to my late grandpa

Apr 25

The Beer of a Lifetime

Apr 25

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Making Featured stories even more visible

Introducing new push notifications and Featured story feeds for publication followers

Feb 20

An illustration of a Featured story push notification for a publication follower.

Feb 20

How to Write a Self-Review that Works

A guide to writing effective performance reviews that actually get you what you want at work

Nov 4, 2024

An illustration of the many elements of an effective self review. Clockwise, the items read: Work examples, company goals, career ladder, past perf reviews, team wins, personal wins, Jira tickets, personal goals.

Nov 4, 2024

What’s the Secret to Confidence?

Crippling fear, imposter syndrome, and showing up anyway

Oct 30, 2024

The author stands at a podium with microphone, presenting a slide that says, “What if we’re all just impostors?” The slide features an image of three American Girl dolls in a row alongside a wiener dog in Mickey Mouse ears.

Oct 30, 2024

The Plan Will Work If We Make It Work

A pep talk

Oct 24, 2024

The Plan Will Work If We Make It Work

Oct 24, 2024

How to Make Better Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Information

A leader’s guide to thinking like a journalist

Aug 17, 2024

An image of an iceberg, showing a barely visible portion above the surface and the mass of the iceberg below the surface.

Aug 17, 2024

I Found My Confidence in the World’s Orangest Conference Room

Lessons from loving (and leaving) my first engineering job

Aug 12, 2024

A computer monitor displays the homepage of infobae.com, an Argentine news website. The wall behind it is bright orange.

Aug 12, 2024

Think Like a Journalist

Everything I know about engineering leadership, I learned by being a journalist.

Aug 2, 2024

The author giving a talk on stage at an engineering leadership conference in 2023. The title slide behind her says, “Think like a journalist”

Aug 2, 2024

Melissa DePuydt

Melissa DePuydt

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Director of Engineering at Medium. Previously: Engineering at Upstatement, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post.

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