Or: how I’m learning to love my Shadow I’ve felt like a creepy rapist since the age of 11. We’ll unpack that. But let’s take a detour first. We’re going to learn about the Shadow. Per Jung, your Shadow is everything you are, but wish you weren’t. Maybe you were…

What if Carl Jung loved to swear and had a thick New York accent? The Science of Making Your Story Memorable* Stop reading. Ignore the rest of this article. Double your persuasion with The Science of Making Your Story Memorable. I used this blog post to build a pitch deck…

Buy yourself freedom with $1 and some chutzpah. — Jeff Bezos freed me from jail in ten seconds. I’ve never actually been incarcerated. Clean record. But for years, I let my neuroticism run rampant, until it locked me in a psychological jail. I’m sure you know of analysis paralysis. …

This post covers the latest week (November 22–28). I didn’t write a post last week, because I didn’t have anything to say. Here are some things I could write about: Feedback I’ve received from the cofounders of the startup I’m developing for. Ways I can make my code better, and…

I’ve been writing about my experience learning fullstack software development — my goal is to be good enough to land a SWE internship next summer. This post covers the latest week (Nov. 8 ~ 14). What’s worked well: Communication: I keep thinking good work is about work. That’s half the battle. Clear, honest communication counts. Balance: I’ve tried to strike a balance between thinking and doing. When I’ve stuck to that, it’s proved valuable.

For the past ~2 months I’ve been writing about my experience learning fullstack software development — my goal is to be good enough to land a SWE internship next summer. This post covers the latest week (Nov. 1 ~ 7). Biggest learnings: Importance of routine. A good routine can inoculate…

For the past eight weeks I’ve been writing about my experience learning fullstack software development — my goal is to be good enough to land a SWE internship next summer. This post covers the latest week (Oct. 25 ~ 31). What went well: Learning in public, pt. 2: As a…

For the past seven weeks I’ve been writing about my experience learning fullstack software development — my goal is to be good enough to land a SWE internship next summer. This post covers the latest week (Oct. 18 ~ 24). What went well: Learning in public: If you’re on Twitter…

For the past six weeks I’ve been writing about my experience learning fullstack software development — my goal is to be good enough to land a SWE internship next summer. This post covers the latest of those weeks (11/10 ~ 17/10). What went well: GitHub habits: I adopted a slightly…