Staff Engineer, Now What?For a long time, I have been chasing after the prestigious title of senior engineer. I was mentally exhausted when I achieved it a few…Aug 51Aug 51
OwnershipAs a former Amazon employee, I’ve learned firsthand the importance of ownership as a core leadership principle. It’s not just a buzzword or…Apr 5, 2023Apr 5, 2023
Looking Back 2021I felt like I did a million things through the past year. To my own credit, I visited far more places in the past year than any year of my…Jan 9, 2022Jan 9, 2022
Top of Mind 07/01Despite the fact that I became extremely busy during the last 4 days, we had a 5-day road trip to Maui right before, which was supposed to…Jul 1, 20211Jul 1, 20211
Why I love Marvel Cinematic UniverseI’ve heard this rhetorical question, often in a condescending style: what’s up with Marvel Cinematic Universe, I don’t get it — why you…Apr 18, 2021Apr 18, 2021
Top of Mind 03/30Today/Tomorrow marks the quarter of the year and the half of my stay in Hawaii. The overall theme lately has been pushing the projects at…Mar 31, 2021Mar 31, 2021
Ending 2020 with StyleI’m sitting at an Airbnb in Vail, typing notes for the end of the year. We all had our fair share of craziness in 2020. It became a shared…Dec 15, 2020Dec 15, 2020
Thoughts on work valueLately, life has been around 2021 planning, working and a bit of purpose finding. Once raised, that question doesn’t really go away, right…Nov 1, 2020Nov 1, 2020
Reading a book about memoryI’m into the second chapter of this book, Moonwalking with Einstein — Joshua Foer. So far, it’s a journal of discovering memory palace.Oct 24, 2020Oct 24, 2020
Sharing my gratitude to a strangerWith everything going on in the world, my Friday just went from miserable to up-lifting.Sep 27, 2020Sep 27, 2020
