Dec 1, 2021The Missing Guide for Mac Catalyst AppsMac Catalyst is a technology that enables you to run iOS code on macOS — or in other words, with a few clicks, you can run your iOS apps on macOS. …3 min read3 min read
Dec 1, 2021The Missing Guide for Mac Catalyst AppsMac Catalyst is a technology that enables you to run iOS code on macOS — or in other words, with a few clicks, you can run your iOS apps on macOS. …3 min read3 min read
Published inThe Unofficial Guide to the German National Visa for Filipinos·Sep 2, 2019Q&A: Filipino’s Guide to German National Visa for Skilled Employment1 min read1 min read
Jul 14, 2019Should you stay at home and take care of your parents, or move out and live independently?One of the hardest issues for Asians if deciding to leave home is who will take care of their parents. Here are three ideas on the issue. First, you are not responsible for other people. You are not responsible for their lives nor their feelings. Nathaniel Branden says, “One of…Millennials2 min readMillennials2 min read
Feb 26, 2019Feeling insecure? It’s not all in your headMaybe it’s your first time doing something. Maybe you are unprepared. Maybe you have gotten feedback that you suck at this. When you tell people you don’t feel confident, most people’s impulse is to try to make you feel better. They say that it’s all in your head. They are…Confidence1 min readConfidence1 min read
Aug 9, 2018Q&A with Jeffrey Wan on Turing School, Flatiron School, and coding bootcamps — reasons people fail, how to prepare, minimizing regret, and moreI’m researching programming schools / bootcamps (mostly decided on either Flatiron School or Turing School). I reached out to Jeffrey Wan because of his insightful responses on Quora: Is the Turing School of Software & Design a good school? He generously responded with comprehensive and honest answers. …Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Jul 22, 2018Be OK being misunderstoodI attended our high school year reunion (10 years!). It magnified my chronic problem of answering two simple questions: What do you do? And what have you been up to? I’m currently Research Director, managing global operations, of a New York-based tech startup called OnFrontiers. Before that, I did competitive…Success3 min readSuccess3 min read
Mar 15, 2018Being nice as the opposite of being truthfulWhen I onboard a new teammate and talk about our values, the first value I bring up is truth. At face value… It’s like, of course. Be honest. Don’t lie. But to be truthful, I don’t just mean don’t lie. I mean something more than that. Here I will attempt…Truth2 min readTruth2 min read
Jan 3, 2018Saying no to the things that don’t matterJanuary 3rd in The Daily Stoic: How many have laid waste to your life when you weren’t aware of what you were losing, how much was wasted in pointless grief, foolish joy, greedy desire, and social amusements — how little of your own was left to you. You will realize…Books1 min readBooks1 min read
Jan 1, 2018My reading year, 2017Books that stuck with me — 2017 is the year I learned how to do my job. What is my job? It is to not tell grand stories to myself about how great and talented I am, how full of potential, how awesome the things I will achieve. But just this: to chop wood and carry water. To put one foot in front of the other. Whenever…20175 min read20175 min read
