Mark Escott

What Interviewing Has Actually Taught Me

Over the years I’ve sat through a good number of interviews, enough to notice patterns in what actually works and what doesn’t. At some point I stopped treating them as tests to pass and started treating them as conversations to get right. That shift changed almost everything ...

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When Your Peer Acts Like Your Boss: How to Handle a Micro-Managing Co-Worker

There’s a particular kind of workplace frustration that doesn’t get talked about enough, and it’s not the classic overbearing manager. It’s the co-worker who, by virtue of a project lead title, has decided that their role includes approving your decisions, questioning your me...

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The Tone Trap: Why Remote Teams Misread Their Best Problem Solvers

For remote teams, clear and constructive communication is essential. However, when a colleague shares direct feedback on a workflow process, perhaps pointing out inefficiencies or suggesting structural improvements, it can easily be misinterpreted in text or video format as ...

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