10 year tech career reflectionI was enjoying a cup of overpriced coffee at Peet’s and a realization not related to inflation hit me 😂 — Ten years ago, I started my…Apr 18, 2022Apr 18, 2022
Advice for Managers on handling Parental LeaveRecently I’ve had the opportunity of supporting one of my reports in this transition and I thought it would be helpful sharing my…Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Promotion Packet as an Effective Onboarding taskHere’s a story highlighting the silver lining of an inopportune task I took on 2 months into my new role as an Engineering Manager.Jan 25, 2021Jan 25, 2021
Learnings onboarding remotely as an Engineering ManagerTwo months into my journey as new a manager, I have had the opportunity to witness some critical moments for my team.Jan 9, 2021Jan 9, 2021
Why I quit my job during a global pandemicA former Engineering manager (and mentor) told me, you’ll know when it’s time to leave when you wake up in the morning and feel like the…Jan 6, 2021Jan 6, 2021
Published inCoffee Meets Bagel Engineering“DataError: Integer out of range” on Postgres. What to do next?Yes, you read that right.Jul 30, 20182Jul 30, 20182
Published inCoffee Meets Bagel EngineeringReaching the Max Limit for Ids in PostgresDatabases and their limitations can be the source of interesting engineering challenges. One such challenge we recently faced as a team was…Jan 24, 20186Jan 24, 20186
Published inCoffee Meets Bagel EngineeringSchema Migration from Int to Bigint on a Massive Table in PostgresIn my previous post, I discussed the importance of monitoring tables to ensure we don’t unknowingly hit database limits and different…Jan 24, 20182Jan 24, 20182
Published inCoffee Meets Bagel EngineeringFirst two weeks as a female engineer at Coffee Meets BagelHi, I’m Ann. I have a Masters in CS from Virginia Tech and I’ve been working in the SF area for 3+ years. I heard about Coffee Meets…Jan 21, 2017Jan 21, 2017