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Dan Kim

Chicagoland

Doing too much too soon

Doing too much too soon

Against my better instincts, after I resigned from my previous role, I took on way too much way too soon and started interviewing almost immediately. I had a couple weeks to put together an entire talk for KotlinConf, and also knew I had a week of international travel ahead of

Unemployment is a chance to recharge

Unemployment is a chance to recharge

I don’t want to minimize the anxiety of being unemployed because it IS extremely stressful, but it’s worth remembering that it also provides some rare short-term life opportunities to recharge. You can take care of yourself by slowing down and spending time doing things you enjoy, to do

Interview practice doesn’t work for me

I have no idea why, but I can practice and prep for hours on end, but when it comes to the actual interview, some sort of basic instinct takes over and I go on autopilot. I can rehearse any number of things I should say, but in the moment I

You don't have to know everything

There are a number of posts and videos that claim you shouldn’t ever say “I’ve never done that” in an interview. And I get the sentiment – you want to project confidence and demonstrate a positive attitude. But the problem with these posts is that they declare these as

When hiring managers take a chance

Two of the biggest career-altering jobs I ever landed were because the hiring manager took a chance on me. I knew I could do those jobs well and had a lot to offer, but from the hiring side there was absolutely some risk. My work experience has always been weird

This month in Eugene (March + April 2025 edition)

This month in Eugene (March + April 2025 edition)

I’ve given up on a weekly edition. Maybe we can do bi-monthly? 😅 Beauty rest. The look he gives when he has do not disturb on. Eugene joined us on Spring Break which included his first visit to both a hotel and an ocean beach. He seems to have grown

The "you don't need to be technical" myth

When someone says “you won’t need to be technical in 10 years because AI will do it all”, it’s very likely that… 1. That person doesn’t have deep technical skills and therefore has no real understanding of what they’re saying. 2. They’re trying to make