Elisabeth Olson

Product Manager @Benchling, formerly @Microsoft. Trying to make the world better than I found it. Pronouns: she/her.

Mastodon: @[email protected]

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[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

@M365_Senpai There definitely seems to be a wide range of effectiveness.

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

I met with a career coach for the first time and generally liked her, but when discussing where I should aim next she suggested I consider a career in HR. Is it just me, or is that some really biased guidance? Would a man in a technical role be told to consider HR?

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@ericabrescia @jhutchings0 I would LOVE that! Thank you! I'll email you later to set something up.

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

@ericabrescia At that point all I'd told her is that I like solving problems and growing people as a manager, and since I feel really satisfied with what I have now that I wanted to start thinking about what to plan for in 5-10 years. It really felt out of left field.

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

Donating to one or more of these groups seems like a really great tradition to add to your Thanksgiving activities.

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@varundikar Nope. I like people a lot, but only having people-based problems to solve sounds absolutely frustrating. I have no reason to want to get out of a technical role.

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

@zorbadgreek Because I like solving problems and managing people, and want to grow in my career. With that criteria it seems like several other options should have been top of mind first.

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@sriponnada Adorable!

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@JefTek I mean, she studied to give that advice!

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@sarahhandler NGL, in my top 5 list for why I like working remotely is being able to wear soft pants all the time.

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

The problem with finally finishing a home improvement project is the frustrating realization that if you'd just dedicated three hours to the problem at any time in the past year and a half you could have already solved it.

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@vibronet @selfissued @DickHardt For me, it was most of the folks I follow were heading to the infosec@exchange server, so I figured at least one of them probably vetted it at some point. #LateNightDecisionMaking

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

With possibly hours left before Twitter disappears this might be my last chance to migrate to Mastodon. I'm now also https://t.co/goXIwTy0xm (or am I supposed to write it @[email protected] ?) I hope to find y'all again over there.

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

@aiddya All three of mine have literally drank ketchup at least once.

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

Today marks exactly 6 months since I joined @benchling! It was a big transition coming to this company, but my coworkers are awesome and I love knowing that I'm helping scientists be a little bit faster when they do important things like try to cure cancer.

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

@aiddya To clarify: we do decorate it ourselves, and add even more lights because we're extra like that.

[Elisabeth Olson @ElisOl]

@aiddya We ordered ours online at Costco, it's pre-lit but not decorated and has fooled multiple people into thinking it's a real tree.