Nobody told us how mentorship works in an age of multi-company, multi-career employment. We used to have a practice model in apprenticeships, with advancement in a single company following a rigid corporate hierarchy. Mentorship still wasn’t easy, but at least the path was well-defined and the stability of our surrounding organization simplified the search...
I typically spend a few minutes every Sunday to go through my finances. This means checking up on credit card statements, ensuring I have enough money in bank accounts to pay for upcoming bills, and estimating whether I should put money in or take money out of the stock market. As far as financial hygiene...
Over the weekend, I had a short chat with a good friend from college over the age-old question of bettering one’s personal finances either through more income or less expenses. I remember naively trying to estimate how much it’d cost to live comfortably back as a student getting my first full-time job, and...
I shared this awesome blog post by Andrew Bosworth (early Facebook employee, now a VP there) on Twitter: Be Kind The message to resonated with a lot of folks, and I was impressed by the frankness and humility in sharing that story. I’m inspired to do the same. During one of my startup stints...
As the parent of a happy and fun two-year old, I became disheartened when reading this report on how the pressure is increasing for toddlers – not even children! – to compete to get into the “best schools.” The gist is that in Hong Kong, the best nurseries (catering to toddlers 2 years and over) have such...
Early on in my engineering management (EM) career, I went around asking other, more experienced EMs for advice. They were happy to oblige, giving me way more than I could have absorbed at the time,...
