### Dec 14, 2018

Last night we ate dinner at a restaurant where the kitchen and dish-washing stations were separated from the main dining room by a staircase. When I left our meal to head to the bathroom downstairs, a hurried water jostled past [...] [Read more](https://medium.com/@bethanymarz/how-you-handle-corners-658b1fa4b214)

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### Dec 13, 2018

An ideal symbiotic relationship for humans at nightclubs Here’s an example of a symbiotic “fish cleaning” relationship from this National Geographic study guide There are two kinds of people in this world: The ones that get into nightclubs and parties [...] [Read more](https://medium.com/@bethanymarz/being-buffer-people-37bcc530ee3b)

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### Dec 12, 2018

In a recent interview experience at USV, two candidates flipped the switch on the traditional process. Rather than wait for me on a next step, they turned me down after our first interview. Talk about shaking up the norm. But [...] [Read more](https://medium.com/@bethanymarz/candidates-dont-forget-you-re-interviewing-the-company-too-df2804582687)

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### Dec 6, 2018

A couple of years ago at a wedding, my husband and I sat in on a conversation about all of the things the other couples at our tables liked to do with their partners — go climbing, travel to the [...] [Read more](https://medium.com/@bethanymarz/having-a-hobby-with-your-partner-238bf693c3b8)

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### Dec 5, 2018

Over the past couple of years, I’ve spent a lot of time meeting with students who are considering how to approach their careers. Now that I’m about a decade out of school, I feel like I’m far enough away from [...] [Read more](https://medium.com/@bethanymarz/how-to-prepare-for-your-first-job-in-tech-dc3262f185f7)

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### Dec 2, 2018

I recently passed my anniversary of two years of blogging on Medium. Including this post, I’ve blogged 93 times in two years, with 65% of those posts coming from the past two months, when I’ve been blogging almost daily. I [...] [Read more](https://medium.com/@bethanymarz/analysis-two-years-of-blogging-e449beca2a57)

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### Dec 1, 2018

Earlier this morning, in the elevator ride up to my office, the guy next to me suddenly says, “Hey, you’re Bethany Crystal, right?” I give him the same look I give many people that I should know who I actually [...] [Read more](https://medium.com/@bethanymarz/when-worlds-collide-c8c553ba291)

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### Nov 28, 2018

In my role at USV, I visit dozens of tech companies, and one of the things I like to pay attention to is the office vibe and culture of the space. Weirdly, one of my favorite things to scope out [...] [Read more](https://medium.com/@bethanymarz/getting-people-to-take-care-of-their-dishes-26b15cdac5c2)

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### Nov 27, 2018

In all the management books I’ve read and all the professionals I speak with, there’s one element of all of the good intent stuff that just doesn’t seem to be addressed: The Fear. When presented with an anonymous situation — [...] [Read more](https://medium.com/@bethanymarz/the-fear-86cae9b27372)