7 posts tagged with "work"
Surviving somehow
There's been a round of layoffs in so-called tech companies recently. In this January only, industry giants like Amazon, Microsoft and Google all let go more than ten thousands of employees, respectively. Many others also laid off a sizable…
My first month at Spotify
Time tends to fly by when we're having fun. So, I really shouldn't be surprised to find that already a month passed by since I joined Spotify. Even still, I think I've had just enough time here to take a step back from all that excitement…
From building to engineering software
A case for software engineering Recently, I had a chance to read Modern Software Engineering (2022) by Dave Farley, a veteran software engineer best known as a pioneer of the Continuous Delivery paradigm for developing software. I can't say…
I got a promotion
Starting this month, my job title reads Senior Front End Web Developer. I am getting some salary bump, which is awesome. But the promotion is mostly nominal in a sense that my day-to-day responsibilities, which have gradually expanded since…
So it has been one full year of getting paid to write code
Tomorrow marks my first work anniversary at my first job as web developer. Incidentally, I also had my first annual performance review just a few days ago--not because of the timing of my employment but due to how the financial year works…
My first month as a developer by title
It's been roughly one month since I started my new position as a Front End Web Developer--I'm now part of a clinical research lab at the University of Chicago. Although I'm still figuring out what this title really means to me as well as to…
My first major project has shipped!
My first professional web application project, dubbed ICJIA Research Hub, has been deployed to production a little while ago and now officially announced! This marks a personal as well as professional milestone for me and a great way to…