Rules for working asynchronously

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Rules for working asynchronously 🦉:

📚 more is more. Always over communicate. Reading a longer message will be faster than waiting for you
⏱️ don’t send “Hi, how are you?” without the actual question after it! You’re waiting for a whole round trip with no value
👌 use emojis! Tone can be hard to understand in written form. emojis are a shortcut to conveying friendliness even when delivering a serious message
🔁 repeat yourself! People are busy and skimming text quickly. Repeat yourself and don’t be afraid of posting the link to a previous reference

These rules also work if you’re talking to AI 🤪

How you are perceived

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

One of my biggest learnings in the past few years was that how you are perceived has as much to do with you as it has with the other person.

You’re the only person that thinks exactly like you. Every one else will think differently. Especially busy recruiters.

source: “Why I ditched Terminal UIs for Recruiters” - Shreyan Ghosh

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