Lessons in tech, meta skills, Data and AI and more
Before you start: I recommend reading this with the following soundtrack It started in February 2022 and ended in September 2022. Almost 7 months. Around 60% of the whole year. It was a long process and it felt like 2 whole years. It all started with a question: do you want to take a shot? […]
Imagine being in a huge candy store, but you can’t taste the delicious sweets because you just had a big meal and your stomach is about to explode. This is what learning overflow feels like. Since I was a geeky teenager learning about computers, I always felt like a kid in a candy store. Wherever […]
Hello! I know you’ve come for the secret and we’ll get there. We’ve all been in a doomed tech project. You feel in your stomach that this is not going to work, you can almost smell all-nighters approaching. Let me tell you a story that will make explaining easier. This was my first big project […]
Hello! I assume if you scheduled this 1:1 you already heard about the sales quota. I felt the same, sounded like a scary big number. How can you go from writing world-class code to selling five figures projects? I was there five years ago. I’ve managed to play this game, closed big deals, and find […]
Let’s start with a hypothetical situation. You are one day working as always and one of your direct reports needs to talk. Let’s assume you drop everything and can jump into a call. Your teammate needs some help: he applied to a conference and needs some day off to attend. This should be an easy […]
Weak ties are very important in your life. You can find some science here. Weak ties are people that are in your network but you don’t talk to them very often. Your strong ties are very important but you’ll get very interesting and more novel information from weak ties than your strong ties. In the […]
2020 marks the end of my first decade working. It has been a great ride. When it started I had a very different idea of what was going to happen. I have learned a lot. For some reason, I never optimized for money (the journey would have been very different), always tried to do what […]
It all started at my first job. I’ve been around 6 months in the company and was happy getting used to the ropes of my current job. In those 6 months, I quickly pushed to prod (without even knowing it) and was learning very fast. I still remember when my boss called me to his […]
When you start your career in tech a big part is finding your superpower. At the beginning you might have to try different things to know what is yours. Some people are super happy working on databases, others like backend stuff, machine learning… you name it. A big part of your 2-3 first years is […]
You’ve probably heard about Data Science, Machine Learning, AI and all those cool buzzwords. You have heard that some of those technologies can help you use your data to predict the future: forecast your demand, avoid fraud and recommend products to customers. It’s great that you are thinking about starting one of these projects. Most […]