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Allen Cheung

A Weighted Job Opportunities Matrix

It's 2023, but the layoffs in tech continue unabated from last year, impacting some of the biggest companies in our industry. Fortunately, reports suggest that workers are able to find new jobs within a couple of months of a layoff, as their skills remain in demand amid short supplies of talent. For those...

The Great Man Theory

The Great Man Theory of Leadership posits that there's a set of inherent traits in great leaders that allow them to rise above others and are therefore subjects of admiration: The great man...

Year in Review — 2022

Compared to the year-long economic celebration of cheap capital in 2021, the contrast to 2022 is stark: raising interest rates, high inflation, a battered stock market, mass layoffs—and this is with a strong US...

Our Obsession with Ranking

We, as humans, are obsessed with ranking things. I mean, sports are one of the ultimate expressions of ranking. They're about fostering competition to find the best athletes to play a game defined...