“Nobody is going to sponsor you.. You think a company will pay to keep you..?” She said to me. There are people who will encourage you blindly (I’m not sure if they believe it, but it’s a polite thing to say). There are those who will encourage you truthfully. And …
Over the past few months, I’ve started getting involved in teaching a web development course to beginners. Had I stayed in Melbourne, I would have taken the web development teaching assistant role I was offered by one of the coding schools. In the end, the same company gave me a …
The original goal of this blog was to document my journey in answering the big question, “where to next in life?” while creating a relatable content to anyone else wondering something similar. The motto, “learn, explore, create” was my mantra and to show that ordinary to extraordinary was possible through …
It’s tough to write consistently. Take a look at the amount of people who start blogs and abandon them after a few posts and you will see what I mean. What makes writing hard? These are likely three common reasons that people find it hard to write. 1) They lack …
I have a constant backlog of writing that I want to do. It never really ends. Right now, it sits at well over 15 posts. I often write down an idea for a post and re-visit it later. When I am ready to flush it out more, I make some …
Startup culture in tech companies are infamous for awesome perks, great work life balance and a community environment for fostering personal and career growth. Of course, not all startups are like that. Companies vary greatly in how they build their culture and may look for different things when they hire …
It’s been many months since I’ve had a “month in review” post. In the beginning I found it useful to give myself some direction each month, but the last six months have felt more focused on different obstacles that have naturally presented themselves. I wanted to take a few moments …
It’s hard to imagine that 1.5 years of learning, exploring and creating has brought me to this point. As today marks June 1st and the day I suspend let’s chill Vancouver, this could not be more fitting. Last night, I was asked to join a budding Australian startup and should …
let’s chill Vancouver will wrap up at the end of this month and the goal is to build a new community in Australia. But why not keep let’s chill Vancouver going while I restart one in Australia? The main reason is that I don’t believe the Vancouver entity is strong …
It’s been tough to concentrate with everything going on these past few weeks. It’s made me really restless. But writing always helps soothe my soul. Besides learning the basics of taking an application from concept to deployment, I learned a lot about myself and it reenforced other concepts I’ve learned …