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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · Apr 20

If you’ve ever hit burnout and wondered what comes next, I’ve started writing about it here. It’s personal, raw, and not about productivity hacks.

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After Burnout | Kelly Vaughn | Substack

After Burnout is a quiet, personal newsletter about what happens when you step out of survival mode and start coming home to yourself. Click to read After Burnout, by Kelly Vaughn, a Substack publicat...

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 1d

Thank you!! 💕

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Engineering Leadership in the AI Era lead by @kvlly.com

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Engineering Leadership in the AI Era by Kelly Vaughn on Maven

Master essential people skills to transform from technical expert to impactful leader in today's AI-driven tech landscape.

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 1d

Any chance I can ask for a boost on this LinkedIn post? 🙏

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Engineering Leadership in the AI Era by Kelly Vaughn on Maven | Kelly Vaughn

10 days until the final 2025 session of my Maven course, Engineering Leadership in the AI Era, begins! Why “in the AI era”? Because while we can’t escape the technological advancements happening in t...

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 4d

Time for my favorite in-flight game: will she start a new side project before the plane lands?

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 5d

Of course you did

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 6d

I went viral for something neither contentious nor political, please clap

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 7d

Thank you! If you're still in some sort of leadership role (management or high senior IC), DS still very much falls within the tech realm!

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 7d

I love sharing my own journey as an EM, but my story is just that: mine.

Over the next few months, I’ll be chatting with engineering leaders about their journeys, the mistakes that shaped them, and the lessons that stuck.

Want to share your story?

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Real stories, real lessons from engineering managers who learned the hard way. Apply to share your leadership journey in our video series.

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 12d

I’ll keep that in mind

Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 12d

If only I was able to really monetize posting a fleeting thought to social media, forgetting about it, and coming back to seeing it’s gone viral

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 13d

Well Connect with Me was fun to build, but I'm tired of paying a silly amount just to keep a side project alive. So time for it to go in the bin. Onto the next side project.

Thanks for enjoying it with me 💙

Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 17d

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 17d

I heard this post

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 18d

Thanks!

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 18d

Thank you!!

Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 18d

This morning I finally got a formal lipedema diagnosis and a plan for surgical treatment. What a relief to actually know what's happening with me and have a path forward.

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 21d

I haven’t been to CP in ages! Growing up in SE Michigan that was my local theme park

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 21d

😅😅 grateful in the long run for our decisions, not-so-grateful in the short-term

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 21d

Me to the pharmacist: no opinion on which arm, just do both shots in the left

Me going to sleep, remembering I prefer to lie on my left side: oh no

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 22d

Long flights returning home from vacation are never fun but at least I watched 14 episodes of Gilmore Girls

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 25d

I have a very important doctor’s appointment a week from today that I’ve been waiting a long time for and I can’t believe it’s almost here 🥹

Everything changes when you finally get one doctor to believe you. It’s been a long year.

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 29d

Thanks for the heads up! I’ll see if I can fix it when I get home next week

Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 29d

Thank you for sharing! ❤️

Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 29d

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Kelly Vaughn @kvlly.com · 29d

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