Tag: Decade

Reflections From a Decade-Long Stack Overflow Member

William Henry Gates III, better known as Bill Gates, is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. With an estimated wealth of $129 billion in 2022, Gates has already donated nearly $57 billion to his philanthropist foundation, including a $20 billion gif...

This is me, unapologetically me

Growing up in a typical Asian family, there was this expectation to achieve the best. I got used to it over time, with sibling rivalry and constant comparison are the norm. If I couldn’t achieve what they did, it was considered a failure. And even if I did achieve the same, it wasn’t see...

Waking Up to Dharma: Reflecting on a Decade of Practice

We see this in Dhamma too — there is not a single moment in which the five aggregates are not clinging. The notion that practice can wait, is a misconception I’m slowly waking up from. Retraining the way in which one’s body-mind system is oriented towards the world is a gradual pro...

A Look Back on a Decade of Diversity in Tech

In October of 2013, I wrote a piece on Medium titled “Where are the numbers?”, decrying Silicon Valley’s lack of transparency around diversity data, and it went unexpectedly viral. The tech industry released its workforce demographic data and came to a moment of reckoning for ...

A Decade in Canada: A Review of Canadian Cities, From Vancouver to Toronto

My journey started in Ottawa, a city of political significance and stable economy thanks to the abundance of federal jobs. However, the city’s quiet nature often had me seeking excitement in neighboring Montreal. With a mix of English and French speakers, Ottawa is linguistically diverse but p...