n8n – Sandy McFadden

A good time, not a long time

This isn’t a post I expected to write for a long time, but as it turns out I’ll be wrapping up my time at n8n this week, with my last day being July 10th. My time at n8n has been short, but great. The company has been fantastic, I love the product, and the peopleContinue reading “A good time, not a long time”

Self Confidence

There are countless times throughout my life that I’ve let my lack of self confidence stop me from doing or trying things, especially when I was younger. One that really sticks out to me was the start of grade 11. I was starting at a new school and I thought I would try to makeContinue reading “Self Confidence”

Weekend Automation

So far I haven’t gotten very into home automation. Haven’t had that much of a need and didn’t want to invest much into it without a clear problem to solve. The one exception is for the past couple of Christmases I automated all our lights. We had gotten an Amazon Echo / Alexa for free,Continue reading “Weekend Automation”

What I think good hiring looks like

Now that I’m on the other side of my job search, and very happy with where things landed, I wanted to share some of what I experienced along the way.I want to preface this by saying I know hiring teams are under a lot of pressure. The job market has shifted significantly and that affectsContinue reading “What I think good hiring looks like”

The Job Search

I won’t bury the lede I’m joining n8n, officially starting on March 9th, as a Senior Support Engineer! I’ll write more about n8n in the future, but right now I am really excited and think this is an excellent match. Struggle It’s been eleven months since I was laid off, and although I did takeContinue reading “The Job Search”