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Notes on Process, Stories, & Craft

An inside look into my brain on art and design, plus the occasional detour into comics, woodworking, and whatever else is on my mind.

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A recruiter spent an hour coaching me on how to hide my own nervous system, then insulted my handshake to my face on the way into round two. It left me wondering what happens to people like me once a company stops needing a human in the room at all.

A recruiter spent an hour coaching me on how to hide my own nervous system, then insulted my handshake to my face on the way into round two. It left me wondering what happens to people like me once a company stops needing a human in the room at all.

I got outclassed at a card game long before I understood what real competition looks like. Years later, a trading card show taught me the harder lesson: some kinds of losing have nothing to do with skill, and everything to do with who hustled faster.

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