Life in modern times. I will answer this question in the first person as we may all have different reasons for it. Here are my reasons: To reevaluate my use of my time on a daily basis. Why is it that I am so busy? Is it actually helping me…

When I initially got into software engineering, I expected disappointment with good pay. What I found was an intellectually stimulating and growth-oriented job that I ended up loving. When I transferred to computer science from mechatronics engineering in 2012, I did it solely because I wanted to one day work…

During my restaurant days, I naively treated a celebrity with respect and as a normal person, which apparently was wrong to my managers. I grew up working blue-collar jobs in my family bakery. I was raised to fill idle moments at work with useful tasks and never to just stand…

It severs your cultural, social and linguistic roots and may very well be the longest and toughest experience you go through. What is it like emigrating to a new place with a new culture and a new language? It’s difficult. I have experienced this a couple of times. My family…

As part of primary caregivers, they are raising the next generation and are accomplishing the most impactful work in the world. For the last month, my mother has been living with my wife, my daughter and me. She moved in after getting an extensive foot surgery that prevented her from…

When I hear that science is a reductionistic approach to life, all I can think about is the magical and nearly unimaginable world that it opens to our eyes. Today, looking at the cloudy sky after my run, I was joyed to see millions of little white dots dancing in…

Learn to be detached from the results. We need not be experts to enjoy learning or doing something. We are raised in a culture of achievement where everything we undertake must potentially lead to some sort of remarkable success. We are discouraged from following the passions that may lead us…

Learn to be detached from the results. We need not be experts to enjoy learning or doing something. We are raised in a culture of achievement where everything we undertake must potentially lead to some sort of remarkable success. We are discouraged from following the passions that may lead us…

Two words: Twitter trolls. “the test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Yesterday, I was searching for popular hashtags to share my blogs on my…