333: Writing an Effective Self Review

<p>This week, we discuss the ins-and-outs of writing an effective self review: What should you talk about? How important is it? What does a bad self review look like? As always, we share our cool things of the week, this time including a new provider for Marshall's favorite esport, and a movie that is &quot;cool&quot; or...something.</p> <hr /> <h3><strong>Golden Ratio Patrons:</strong></h3> <p><a href="https://sisu.ai">Sisu</a> is looking for a thoughtful and data-savvy designer to help build the next generation of analytics software. You can find out more at <a href="https://sisu.ai">sisu.ai</a>. (You might recognize Sisu from our <a href="https://spec.fm/podcasts/design-details/304243">interview with Michie Cao</a>)</p> <p><a href="https://pathrise.com">Pathrise</a> is an online mentorship program that you land a great UX job. Previous fellows have been placed at Google, IBM, Atlassian and other exciting companies. You can learn more at <a href="http://pathrise.com/details">pathrise.com/details</a></p> <hr /> <h3><strong>Latest VIP Patrons:</strong></h3> <p>Huge shoutouts to our latest <a href="https://www.patreon.com/designdetails">Very Important Pixels</a>!</p> <ul> <li>Loukas Papantoniou</li> <li>Wan Jung Hung</li> <li>Ryan Koble</li> <li>Billy Purdy</li> <li>Michael Fitzgerald</li> </ul> <hr /> <h3><strong>Follow-up:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>We don't hate <a href="https://www.adobe.com/products/xd.html">XD</a>, we just don't know how to use it!</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/calrowston">Cal Rowston</a> shared a <a href="https://twitter.com/kmlefranc/status/1223416719437266945">very bad</a> side effect of using the internet: every tiny thing you do has the potential to turn up in a background check.</li> </ul> <hr /> <h3><strong>Tweets:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mukulagarwalVR/status/1225257148034105344">Mukul Agarwal</a> asked about how to specify responsiveness during developer handoff.</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/AlisonRebeccaM/status/1225946095349420032">Big Al(