Where Age Is No Barrier
When you receive a job offer that includes reimbursement for a gym membership, are you thrilled or offended? Employee perks like this, which are common in the tech world, have come under scrutiny recently. They raise an interesting …
[Read more...] about The Word That Could Have Tech Companies Rethinking Their Perks
We’re perched on the cusp of change for the workplace. One year after the Covid-19 pandemic forced most employees to work from home, the end is in sight. Whether it’s this summer, fall, or in 2022, many companies are now planning—and …
[Read more...] about Will the Hybrid Workplace Create Two Classes?
Being in the over-forty crowd at a tech company certainly has its downsides. But what if being the oldest person on your team actually has some pretty decent perks as well? For almost two years now, I’ve participated in a monthly meetup …
[Read more...] about The Sunny Side of Being Over 40 in Tech
At Startup Decoder, we’re clear advocates for the value of experience in the workplace. But sometimes that very experience can self-sabotage. Certain business situations, particularly in tech, can require stripping away every assumption and …
[Read more...] about When First-Principles Thinking Clashes with Experience
Hindsight is 20/20 in 2020. It’s a year we couldn’t have seen coming. (Well, public health experts did, but that’s another conversation.) In March, when the whole world moved to work-from-home status due to the pandemic, I admit to being a …
