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# JP | User Guide (Readme) -- WIP

> Your favorite work- or self-related quote.

## 🏄‍♂️ My work style

- Mostly prefer async, although I enjoy pairing and sync sessions for brainstorming and collaboration

## 🙏 My values

- What values do you currently espouse or aspire to?
  - I aim to use my skills and talents to give back and support others
  - I'm motivated by working to create more access to technology and opportunities
  - I'm motivated by democratizing information and building tools for connected thought

### 💪 My strengths

- Everybody spikes somewhere - what dimensions of work do you feel most confident in?
- What do you feel like you bring to the table?
  - Thorough thinking and attention to detail -- I aim to think through the various states and outcomes for our features
  - Experienced DAO contributor and operator with a background in educational technology
  - Experience working across multiple spectrums: design thinking, product design, engineering
  - Active listening: Taking notes is a way I'm able to continue to actively listen and engage, and I enjoy doing it

### 🌱 My weaknesses

- Everybody spikes somewhere - what dimensions of work do you feel least confident in?
  - I have a tendency to take on too much due to wanting to move work forward, which leads to not always setting boundaries
  - I oscillate between asking too many questions and not speaking up when concerned. I'm working to find a balance.
  - (Somewhat related to the above point) I can be relentless when looking for answers or for identifying question areas which can come off as intense and critical.
- Where can a team best support you?
  - I appreciate the reminders to be mindful of capacity and balance.

### 📈 My ambitions

- What are the skills, experiences, and or opportunities you want to build in your professional career?
  - To be added!

## ☎️ Communicating with me

### 📺 Channels

- How do you like to be communicated with in each channel? (Discord, TG | Urgent, Non Urgent, etc)
  - **Urgent:** 
    - Discord DM or text
      - Urgent messages are fine at any point in day or night. If I'm not around I won't answer (or if I'm driving/unavailable I may take longer to answer, but will as soon as able to)
  - **Non Urgent:** 
    - Prefer being tagging in Discord and/or Linear
    - DMs are fine at any point in the day or night. They're not disruptive or invasive
  - **General:**
    - I prefer Discord and Discord DMs, GitHub/Linear tags, or texts -- I barely use Telegram and tend to forget to check it
    - I enjoy conversations and being tagged for context -- I don't view it as invasive in any way so please don't hesitate to contact me when needed or for situational awareness (although I do appreciate how conscientious folks are 🙏)

### 🕖 Time

- How do you want us to treat your time?
  - I appreciate the awareness and mindfulness folks have around personal time and setting non-work time, but I'm usually happy to respond or help if I'm around (even outside of general availability hours)
- What is your general availability?
  - I'm in EST and I'm generally available from 8am - 6pm EST, but typically will hop into syncs, respond to questions, or collaborate after 9pm EST provided I'm home.
  - I have school drop off in the morning so I'm unavailable typically from 7am - 8am(ish) and occasionally need to do pick up in the afternoons from 3pm - 4pm (rather rare)
  - If not directly working I monitor communications incase something comes up or if someone has a question/wants to collaborate. If I'm unavailable when someone reaches out I'll mention that or won't respond
- How do you typically treat other coworkers' time?
  - I try to be mindful of schedules and boundaries, especially if they're clear and I'm aware of them!
  - I recognize the need for folks to do deep work so try to minimize outreach when I can
  - I feel most effective when I'm clear when folks are around and when they're not -- otherwise I try to be more hesitant about reaching out when unsure of availability or "work mode"

## 🍾 Style

- What is the best way to get on the same page with you?
  - Clear communication whether asynchronous or synchronous. I enjoy pairing and jamming with folks but also equally appreciate clear writing with comment threads.
  - Asking questions and being open to having questions asked as we work toward alignment and clarity.
- What is the best way to persuade you of an idea?
  - Usually when folks are able to express some sort of foundation for their idea and provide specifics (as much as possible) about the impact and potential of the idea.
  - Generally, I'm open to prototypes and low fidelity experiments but I tend to question how they relate to overall capacity and prioritization.
- What are some communication no-nos for you?
  - Passivity or subtext, especially when relating to expectations. I typically favor clear communication as much as possible, so I tend to dislike communication styles that are less clear. However I also know that it's sometimes necessary to be less direct if there aren't details or time to fully communicate.
- What else should people know about you to encourage you?
  - I enjoy positive feedback to help keep motivated, but I greatly appreciate when folks take the time to provide critique and ways that we can improve and continue growing and learning. This is especially true for any design/UX/frontend work that I do. I want to always deliver the best that I'm capable of so all forms of feedback is greatly appreciated. I recognize that folks take the time to do this and that it's not always possible.

### 🏁 Following up

- How do you typically like to follow up?
  - I typically DM folks if needed. I tend to tag first in relevant platforms, but then follow up with a DM when it's necessary.
- How do you prefer others follow up with you?
  - Similarly. If I miss a tag or a comment, I appreciate a quick DM (when possible) to draw attention to it. Sometimes I accidentally miss a tag so I always appreciate when someone takes the time to reach out via DM.

## 📈 Feedback

## ⬅️ From you to me

### 🐇 Motivators

- What feedback styles, content, and channels give you energy and make you the best version of yourself at work?
  - Generally, I appreciate direct feedback. I enjoy positive feedback to help keep motivated, but I greatly appreciate when folks take the time to provide critique and ways that we can improve and continue growing and learning. This is especially true for any design/UX/frontend work that I do. I want to always deliver the best that I'm capable of so all forms of feedback is greatly appreciated. I recognize that folks take the time to do this and that it's not always possible.
  - I'm also motivated and energized by seeing people who find delight and enjoyment in our product. I love when we see feedback from our users.

### 🐢 Demotivators

- What feedback styles, content, and channels do you find the most challenging to see as constructive at work?
  - I tend to find passive communication and feedback more challenging since I find myself constantly second guessing or trying to understand the intent, which can become demotivating and inefficient.
  - It's also challenging when I feel the need to repeatedly follow up on questions that aren't being answered or acknowledged, especially when on working on a timeline.

### 📝 Areas of note

- What things are you looking for feedback?
  - I always appreciate our code review, and I enjoy our engineering culture with regards to review,  feedback, and open communication.
  - I'm additionally always looking for feedback on our product/UX since I constantly want to improve our app and add more delight for users and make sure that we're considering user (and team) feedback.

### ➡️ From me to you

- What type of feedback can we expect to receive from you? When and why?
- How do you think about giving feedback to others?

## 🏗️ Working Together

### 🤝 Working on a team

- What roles do you like to play on the team?
- What roles do you like to play in the company-wide team?
- What do you appreciate the most from teammates?
 

### 💡 Life

- Do you have a life mission? If so, what is it?
- How do you try to live your life?
- What and who are important to you outside of work?
  - My family. It's critical to me that I'm able to provide, be supportive and encouraging, and try to have enough balance that I'm present in everything we do.
  - Friends, especially those I've worked with over the years. I try to be available as much as possible to support friends in any way that's needed and that I'm capable of providing.
  - It's important to me that I give back to the community and support non-profits that are values aligned.
  - I try to give back to communities and ecosystems that have supported me, so I'm always trying to contribute back to projects that have been impactful.
- Favorite book you've read this year?
  - In 2022, [Regenerative Enterprise](https://www.amazon.com/Regenerative-Enterprise-Optimizing-Multi-capital-Abundance-ebook/dp/B08L1G5VFP) by Ethan Rowland and Gregory Landua (founder of [Regen Network](https://www.regen.network/))
  - In 2023, TBD although I'm enjoying [Church of the Wild](https://www.amazon.com/Church-Wild-Nature-Invites-Sacred/dp/1506469647) by Victoria Loorz so far. 
- Favorite experience you've had this year?
  - I enjoyed going to [The Ramble Festival](https://www.ramblefestival.com/) with my wife and camping out while seeing lots of different music.
  - More work adjacent, but I also really enjoyed going to [MCON](https://www.mcon.fun/) and meeting folks, especially since I missed it in 2021.
- What is one silly or idiosyncratic thing about you?
  - I very much enjoy Dungeons and Dragons (playing and DMing). I love the lore, world-building, and sense of community it brings when playing with friends. I feel like you can learn a lot about folks by how they approach it!

### ⛵ My Expectations

- What are your expectations of your managers?
- What should your managers expect from you?
- What did you appreciate most about your favorite manager?
  - Clear expectations and open communication both ways. High degrees of trust meant that we could be open and candid about concerns. I felt like we were working together collaboratively, but I also always respected the hierarchy and deferred when needed.

### 🌟 Expectations of me

- What should those on your team expect from you? What does it look like and feel like?
- What are your expectations of those on your team?
- If your management style were an animal, what animal would it be? Please add an image here.