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How I relax

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Rachel Lu

09/16/2024

  • taking a walk with tobin
  • watching trash reality television

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My favorite books 📚

SeveranceThe Dragon RepublicKindred

I love sci-fi and fantasy, especially those inspired by history

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My favorite movie

paddingtonpride & prejudice (2005)little women (2019)

it's too hard to pick just one, so these are a few that make me smile and laugh! 

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I really admire teammates who are…

kind, calm, hopeful, light hearted, encouraging
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The best environment for me is:

space for deep work in the PM
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My happy place

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Rachel Lu's happy place

  • relaxing with tobin is my favorite past time
  • i love green spaces and i think SF has a great combo of city and green space!
  • i love to go out with my family, tobin included!
  • i love to travel with friends!

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Me when sh*t hits the fan

Rachel Lu when sh*t hits the fan

i just fully embrace the chaos, not necessarily helpful, not necessarily making things worse

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My areas for growth

Mentors and develops teammates for their growthCreates warm, caring relationships with teammatesMaintains effective work life balanceStays composed throughout conflict or difficult situationsInvests and is interested in personal and professional growth
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I work best as a…

Functional executor: I love driving projects from the ground up. Doing the task gets me fired up.
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I learn best by…

doing itwriting it downblocking time to do itpairing with a teammate

i need time to process learning something new, and then once i know what questions to ask i like to collaborate

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You will make my freakin day if you…

private praise / thank you!take something off my platesend me pet pics respect my time
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Teammates might misunderstand me as...

a pure numbers and logical person, but i'm actually really big on intuition. i like to go with my gut.

because i work in data, and in finance before that!

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Proud moment

  • Getting Product up and running on A/B tests, we have ran so many tests and learned so much since we started actively testing!

We had only been doing one off tests here and there, but now we are always thinking of ways to test and learn, and run several tests a quarter

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Outside of work, you'll find me...

outdoor cafewalking around the parkpicnicgame nightoutdoor movie nights'mores around the fire
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Personality type

Enneagram 2ENFJintroverted extrovert

i like to call myself an introverted extrovert as i really value my own personal time and space, but i also don't mind meeting new people, strangers, and spending time with community!

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How I relax

  • taking a walk with tobin
  • watching trash reality television
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I'm energized at work by…

building stuffsolving problemshelping others succeed
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I like to get feedback when its given…

1:1with contextwith examples
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A fun fact about me is…

  • I played collegiate squash
  • I like to write! I have made personal zines
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My core values

AuthenticityBalanceCommunityFaithLearningService
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Things that deeply motivate me…

Helping others ❤️Getting things done ✅Learning as much as I can 🤓
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What I'm like at work

EncouragingFairAnalyticalIndependentReliableThoughtfulRespectfulCurious

I like to be a trustworthy and reliable partner at work, I feel that it creates the best environment to support others and be successful

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My workplace setup

Rachel Lu's workplace setup

my little gacha gang keeps me company while i work