I'm not big on small talk. I'm not big on what I think I sometimes perceive is not

wanting to waste other people's time. It's not so much that I think my time is as precious,

but I know everything people are doing and that I'm asking them to do. And so I'm kind

of all business. One of the things I miss about being in an office is actually I think

the ability for people to see different sides of me and me sort of different sides of

them.

I'm Carly Zaken. I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from the couch. This podcast

is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it, from the good stuff

like hiring and growing a team to the rough stuff like negotiating your salary and giving

or getting hard feedback. We started the Skim from a couch, so what better place to

talk at all out than where it began on a couch?

Hey everyone, it's Carly. Today, my guest is Jessica Lesson. She is the founder and

editor-in-chief of The Information, a subscription-based digital media company covering technology

and business. Subscribers get access to deeply reported stories on the inner workings of

companies like Apple, Google, Facebook and more. Before going out on her own, Jessica spent

eight years as a tech reporter and editor for The Wall Street Journal. Jessica, thank

you for joining me and welcome to Skim from the couch.

Thanks for having me, Carly. I love listening to this podcast, so I'm thrilled to be here.

I was saying, just as you got kind of miked up, it feels very weird to be on the other side

of interviewing a journalist like you. But we're going to jump into it, which is first

question. I'm a standard question. Skim your resume.

Well, I wanted to be a reporter for as long as I can remember and had a series of internships

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