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Jul 9, 2025

My Job Is Horse

Leadership lessons from a horse named Blue

My Job Is Horse

Melissa DePuydt

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Sep 4

The Scrappy / Scale Leadership Mindset

Create clarity as a leader in any context by learning this simple framework

The Scrappy / Scale Leadership Mindset

Melissa DePuydt

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Sep 3

Orient for Human Impact

Or: What I told the Medium Engineering team after a really painful org transition

Orient for Human Impact

Melissa DePuydt

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Jun 17

Who is a Blue ribbon for?

On not being a world champion at my hobby

Who is a Blue ribbon for?

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May 7

I lived it: 500 years on the Stairmaster

Melting fat and my will to live

The “stair climber” machine in the author’s gym and the site of the near-death experience described in this piece

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Jul 29, 2025

Florets and fixes: Updates from Medium’s internal “Hot Broccoli” Week

Improving the quality of the Medium platform in small but meaningful ways

A collage depicting a black-and-white broccoli floret, set on a green background with a sketch of flames, symbolizing “hot broccoli.”

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Apr 29, 2025

The Way We Tell Stories, Revisited

Reflections on my first year working at Medium

The Way We Tell Stories, Revisited

Melissa DePuydt

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Apr 25, 2025

The Beer of a Lifetime

A letter to my late grandpa

The Beer of a Lifetime

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Feb 20, 2025

Making Featured stories even more visible

Introducing new push notifications and Featured story feeds for publication followers

An illustration of a Featured story push notification for a publication follower.

Melissa DePuydt

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Nov 4, 2024

How to Write a Self-Review that Works

A guide to writing effective performance reviews that actually get you what you want at work

An illustration of the many elements of an effective self review. Clockwise, the items read: Work examples, company goals, career ladder, past perf reviews, team wins, personal wins, Jira tickets, personal goals.

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Sr. Director of Engineering. Previously: Engineering at Medium, Upstatement, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post.

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