Stories from my Life as a Technologist
I was going to write and publish this post earlier, but the last couple of weeks have been trying to enjoy (the rest of) my vacation and submitting job applications. It s also been a bit weird. I ve never worked anywhere else longer than 2 years (mostly because of the jobs being contracts), so it s sad Continue reading "Reflection: The end of 8 years at GitLab"
It s about 2 months early for my 8 year work anniversary reflection. However, my work situation has changed, and it feels like the right time to be reflecting on the past (almost a) year. It s interesting that 8 years sounds like a long time, but since I ve changed divisions a couple of times, it also Continue reading "Reflection: My eighth year at GitLab and working on Product Operations…
Many years ago, I wrote a tips on job applications post, because I had been seeing a lot of poorly formatted and written applications. While good formatting and tailoring to job postings are important, the content is obviously important as well. Again, there is so much literature out there, but what I ve seen recently has Continue reading "Yet another resume (cv) writing guide"
I m a few days late with this post. Things have been busy with visiting family for the holidays, and we ve been dealing with various house things since we moved. Of course, those are just excuses, since I m managing to write this while I have a cold. Some people may have noticed that I didn t write Continue reading "2025 Blog Year in Review + Brief Update"
Notes from the second day of Code4libBC 2025. Transforming Unstructured Data in a Knowledge Base: Exploring the Potential of RAG and LLMs at SFU Library Ian Song, SFU potential of the application of LLMs in the library data challenge: growth has outpaced traditional systems, traditional search is inadequate and struggle with contextual queries 80% of Continue reading "Code4LibBC 2025: Day 2…