Behind the scenes
5 min read
The night I found Voyj
I was losing whole evenings to spreadsheets and email instead of helping people. Here is how a cup of cocoa on the kitchen bench turned into the answer.
Notes from Vee
Things worth writing down
Most of what comes up in sessions does not need a session. These are the answers I give often enough that it seemed a shame to keep saying them only to people who could afford the hour.
5 posts. No newsletter, no funnel — just the page.
Vee is fictional, so these posts are not advice. They were written to show what a blog looks like on a site like this, and they are about work rather than animals because the words are easier to read that way. What is real here, and what is not
Starting out
5 min read
The first week in a new role
The first week sets the tone for about six months. A short, unglamorous list of things that are worth getting right while you are still new.
Money
6 min read
Asking for more without making it weird
Salary conversations are less fraught than people think, and the awkwardness is almost always on our side of the table rather than yours.
Career changes
7 min read
How to actually leave a job you have already decided to leave
Bottletop exists because of a resignation letter that sat unsigned on a desk for five months. What I learned about the leaving.
Getting noticed
6 min read
Your resume is probably not the problem
Most people send more applications than they think and hear back less than they expect. The gap is nearly always description, not qualification.
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