Life Experiences
Living on Loans to Living on Paychecks — A Product Manager’s Diary #9
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who divide everybody into two kinds of people, and those who don’t. I alluded to taking a training on 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in my previous month’s article. One component involved playing...
Solo Travel Tips For Women in Southeast Asia: A Brutally Honest Reflection
Photo by Robert Reyes on Unsplash [This article was originally published in Go World Travel magazine. Go World works with freelance travel journalists worldwide to cover stories from 90 countries.] The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen...
Volunteering and Vacationing in Bali : Best of Both Worlds
I went on a week long volunteering trip to Bali, Indonesia back in September of 2019. Bali is a tourism infused culture where the natives will make you feel at home with their bonhomie nature. Here’s a glimpse into the what happened in the week!
Technology & Society
WeWork — Most Overvalued Start-up or Catch of A Lifetime?
[This was initially published in The Startup, one of the largest Medium publications.] How GreenDesk became WeWork — The Initial Days Miguel McKelvey thought he was just going to his friend Gil’s house to spend a Saturday night. But as he and Gil got on to the...
Immigration Laws and H-1B Restrictions Are Not the Only Enemy
Most people tend to think lack of jobs in America is due to the stringent laws. But if they dig a little deeper, they would see a different story entirely.
How We Reduced Food Wastage and Saved Money Using Machine Learning
Welcome to a story of five simple students with one big goal. Reducing food waste. In the US alone, pitched food weighs in over 100 Empire State Buildings per year. Just how do five students dream of tackling this monumental task you ask? Well, this is our story of...
Education & Career
How To Be Productive – But Not Busy
Have you felt the intense pressure to be productive? To always look for the next thing to check off your to-do list? This might just be counter-productive. In this day and age where productivity is overrated, what will really help you is rather Deep Work. Here’s a glimpse into that.
How To Crush Your Product Management Interview Preparation — Ultimate Guide For All Aspiring PMs
Let’s face it — it’s not easy preparing for an interview. They say it takes a village to raise a child. Pulling in that analogy, it does take a small village — your referral, your friends, your mentors, your mock practice partners and hopefully this article — to give...
How To Ask Effective Questions
When we have a question, our first instinct is to go ask it right away to a friend, senior, or mentor. We don't spend time to think by ourselves. But in this age of technology, we can find everything online. I am completely in support for asking questions,...