Or, what I did on my maternity leave. — Starting week three of my maternity leave, my new daughter, Aiza, and I would take a walk each morning. Partly to get her out of the house to learn and see the world, but mostly to inject me with caffeine and sustenance to get me through the day. Donned with…

“Do you want to know the gender?” “Sure…” I say uncertainly on the phone. “You’re going to have a baby …” The nurse pauses. How cruel. I’m holding my breath and chanting “boy boy boy” in my head. How funny. I just told my friend, Grant, how it doesn’t matter as long as the baby is healthy and happy. What crap. I envision her saying “boy” and I feel lighter inside. I didn’t realize how much I wanted a boy until that moment. I have two nephews; I’m more comfortable with boys; they’re easier in the long run; they usually don’t play with dolls.

I recently spent 24 hours wandering around my home town. I flew into LAX, rented a speedy Hyundai Sonata, and drove/limped east during rush hour to arrive at a little hotel in Rancho Cucamonga. It’d been years since I’ve gone home; most of my family and friends have moved away…

What do our numbers look like? — In case you didn’t know, diversity in the workplace is a good idea. It builds better, stronger teams by expanding the collective knowledge of the company, improves profitability, and can boost morale. Diversity is especially important to us at Medium. Our audience is everyone in the world. If we have…

Photo by Benjamin Shapiro I walk down the hallway, laughing boys and girls scattered along both sides. There is a repetitive thud coming from the room I’m walking towards. I nervously twirl the glittery bracelets on my wrist, trying to ignore the pinching of my gold high heels. The lights…

Well, eventually. — My adorable nephews. Being the baby of the family is awesome. The first child usually receives the brunt of the discipline as new moms and dads learn how to handle this new human thing in their lives. The second one tends to coast through childhood, whining and giving puppy dog…

A team that works and plays well together. — Photo Credit: Darren Hull Startups are known for their flexible work hours, free food, and jeans-and-sneakers dress code. But what really makes up the culture of a company?

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design mid-tier online services for Medium. — As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work on an application layer of the publishing platform; design and develop databases to support mid-tier online services; work between the infrastructure layer and the front-end layer, using other application frameworks to write performant, reusable, and well-documented code; implement mid-tier online services using…

We are looking for a Software Engineer to design mid-tier online services for Medium. — As a Software Engineer, you will design and develop databases to support mid-tier online services; implement mid-tier online services using JavaScript, Node.js and/or other languages, such as Java; analyze and optimize mid-tier online systems performance; modify existing databases and software to fix any errors of the mid-tier online system, and…