Lowered Techspectations

Cartoon panel of two women in a conference room, one is saying "Hey Liz, now that it's just us, I can tell you about that guy in the meeting."

Isn't there always that ONE GUY?? Read this week's Lowered Techspectations to get the goss. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...

Quarterly planning - it's crunch time You can kiss your PTO goodbye.

This week's Lowered Techspectations newsletter we catch up with Strategent's quarterly planning process ... buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...

Two panels of a longer comic titled "Robot team steerco". We see a team gathered in a conference room, and then a close up of one nervous-looking product manager saying "so, we made some pivots..."

This week's Lowered Techspectations is a double feature - one comic and one advice column! Check it out: buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...

Cartoon of an older woman kneeling in front of the toilet with her hair pulled back. She's on the phone, saying, "OK honey, I'm going to try "clearing my cookies"."

Providing tech support is a messy job sometimes. 🤢

Op-comic: What I learned from a banjo (and a frog) When I felt too low to make friends, an instrument challenged me and showed me how to take risks.

Today the @latimes.com published a piece I created with @emenez2.bsky.social! I'm so pleased with how it turned out. Many thanks to editor Philip Gray.
Op-comic: What I learned from a banjo (and a frog)
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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This sprint's newsletter is a double feature! Read the latest from the AI-powered Replicant team, and an advice column for a new hire. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...

Quarterly planning - the second attempt Why have priorities when you could have buzzwords?

Quarterly planning, second try. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...

Microsoft is now selling a Clippy pool floatie in its employee-only company store 😅

That Sh** Cray A progress update.

This week's comic features an update from a sorta-talking robot. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...

Sitting pretty much all day It's time to get up and move.

This week's installment of Lowered Techspectations is a double feature! We've got an advice column by Zen Paycheck and a comic by Theora Kvitka. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...

Did Women Really Ruin the Workplace? I can answer that question: yes. Specifically, me—I’m the woman who ruined the workplace. And, frankly, I had a blast.

“I’m the woman who ruined the workplace. And, frankly, I had a blast.” In New Yorker Humor, the culprit speaks up. https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/did-women-really-ruin-the-workplace

Getting to Yes in the land of Noah IT Department is here to help?

Today's Lowered Tech comic: getting the help you need from the IT department. buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...

3) Wasn't it already hard enough for job seekers before AI deepfake spies came along?

2b) isn't it kind of tragic that a hacker from North Korea who isn't qualified might be less jaded and burnt out than many American tech workers? 😬

2a) "Ironically, some of these fraudulent workers would be considered top performers at most companies, he said.

“Sometimes they’ll do the role poorly, and then sometimes they perform it so well that I’ve actually had a few people tell me they were sorry they had to let them go,” Grimes said."

Fake job seekers are flooding U.S. companies that are hiring for remote positions, tech CEOs say Companies have long faced external attacks from hackers. Now, thanks to generative AI, another threat has emerged: Employees who aren't who they say they are.

This is just so yikes on so many levels. 1) I have some schadenfreude that employers launching icky AI products are now getting a taste of what happens when you launch tech without thinking about what could go wrong... 🧵 www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/f...

Quarterly planning - the first attempt Agreeing on what to work on next is surprisingly hard.

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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.

My dear friend Theora is making comics about working in tech. Go follow her and join her mailing list!

I'm just here for the money Introducing Zen Paycheck, our advice columnist.

Today's newsletter introducing our advice columnist, Zen Paycheck! buttondown.com/LoweredTechs...

Literally me trying to find memes for this account 😂😂😂

Cartoon panel titled "New Employee Tour". A lizard creature if sitting at a table with an elephant woman and a human woman.

It's Flora and Liz's first day at Strategent, and it's my first day on Bluesky!

Introducing Lowered Techspectations A newsletter helping you deal with working in tech.

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