I work as a software engineer in the Pacific Time Zone. After the pandemic, I never had to return to the office so I decided to make the most of it by staying with my parents for a couple of months who live halfway across the world. That meant working…

When answering behavioural questions, remember the S.T.A.R. (Situation, Task, Action, Result) method. This will help you develop a good story and stay on point. Think of one or more examples of each of the questions below and rehearse them. Questions Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with a coworker. What was the most difficult working relationship you ever had? Don’t rant. Talk less about the person’s personality and more about…

How to Niche-up Niching up doesn’t work with all businesses. It may or may not be the strategy for you. Take a broad view, explore all avenues and then niche up. Learn from experts or find a mentor. Focus and spend 10,000 hours on only one skill. As soon as you find success…

That’s not what the title of the book by Mark Manson exactly is, but I rather not use curse words. What follows is a condensation of all the important points made in the book. I primarily want to document them so I can revisit them from time to time to…

In August 2020, I moved to the United States of America. This is a living document of everything I had to deal with and all the advice I have received from other expats. Since I talk a bit about personal finance and retirement account types, I wanted to be clear…

Lessons learnt from GitLab’s “How to Manage a Remote Team” online course. Why Remote Work? It is possible to hire and work from all over the world. Workers gain the ability to work flexible hours. And flexibility is possible in times of crisis. Remote Working Styles Hybrid-Remote The workers who alternate between home and office. Digital Nomad Workers…

A while ago, I came across AI Dungeon, a choose-your-own-story (CYOS) game that used AI to create a story. The user can say, do, see or add to the story. It seemed revolutionary. …

The order of execution of event functions is as follows: _Init() _Notification() _EnterTree() _Ready() _Input() _UnhandledInput() _UnhandledKeyInput() _PhysicsProcess() _Draw() _Process() _ExitTree() If you're wondering why the above functions are capitalized in that manner, that’s how they appear when using C#. The ones in italics are those which I was not…

It was 2007, and the server of my favourite Role Playing space sim had been taken down. The server host couldn’t keep working a second job to bear the hardware, internet and electricity costs. I needed a new world to explore, and some friends introduced me to World of Warcraft…