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I Quit Google to Go Solo - Was It the Biggest Mistake of My Life?
I recently crossed the 3-month mark of being self-employed and thankfully, so far, I still believe it's been the right decision. While leaving my 9-5…
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Pursue Passions & Disregard Opinions
Just as blinders help a racehorse focus on the track ahead, learning to block out the opinions of others can be the key to pursuing your own path. It's…
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Building a Career
It's easy to get caught up in the stress of the moment, especially when you're focused on your career. But it's important to remember that careers are…
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I've Been Thinking About Retiring
I've been thinking a lot about retirement lately, not in the traditional sense, but more about stepping back from commitments. It's an interesting…
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July 2025

Run Your Own Race
Something I wish I had learned earlier in life is that everyone needs to run their own race. When we're younger, it often feels like we're all lined up…
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My Product is Failing
Last week, I launched a product, and today, a week later, it has less than 10 users. And while most people would view this as a failure, I actually view…
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I'm Launching a New Product (PostWrite.ai)
Part of quitting my job in May was to allow myself the opportunity to start building more products online. Since then, I’ve worked on several things…
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9-5 Jobs vs. Self Employment
I’ve now been working for myself full-time for 2 months and I’m slowly getting the hang of it. It’s strange getting used to being your own boss after…
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June 2025

99% of Software is Easy
Once you get the hang of it, building 99% of software really is pretty easy. The reason for this is that everything in Software Engineering boils down…
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Why I Quit my Software Engineering Job at Google
The first reason that I decided to quit my job was simply that that was always my plan from the start. Although working at Google specifically was a…
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Soft Skills vs. Hard Skills
I often thing about the notion of soft skills versus hard skills and which one is more important to hone throughout your career. And each time that I…
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My First 30 Days "Unemployed"
It’s been just over 30 days since I left my Software Engineering job at Google and thankfully, so far, I feel that leaving my job is one of the best…
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