Sarah Chen
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Tech journalist and AI researcher exploring the intersection of technology and society. Former engineer at Google, now writing full-time about emerging technologies, digital ethics, and the future of work.
4 articles
Articles by Sarah Chen
I Was Already Doing Staff-Level Work. Why I Still Failed the Interview.
I'd been doing staff-level work for months but bombed my first interview. Here's the 90-day prep system I built after sitting on promotion committees.
I Watched 47 TDDs Get Approved or Shot Down. Here's the Pattern.
Most TDD rejections aren't about your code. After watching 47 proposals succeed or fail, I found 5 patterns that have nothing to do with technical quality.
Why Pomodoro Made My Code Worse (And What I Use Instead)
I tracked commits, bugs, and focus time for 7 months testing productivity systems. Pomodoro tanked my output by 18%. Here's what actually worked.
Why I Almost Switched to Raycast (And Why I Didn't Fully Commit)
Six months tracking every launcher interaction, and the Raycast vs. Alfred verdict isn't what I expected. Here's why I'm now running both.