Category: misc
- 2020 Recap ()
2020 has finally come to an end. It was a long, stressful year, but I did my best to keep my head down to keep myself busy and productive. It wasn’t easy, and I wasn’t always able to ignore the insane events going on in the outside world, but I still managed to have a […]
- Tips for Working From Home ()
It’s been five years since I’ve worked in an office on a regular basis. Working remotely has been a huge productivity boost for my life, but it requires a certain level of discipline to pull it off successfully. 98% of the time I’m working from my apartment and there are some unique challenges to working […]
- Mid-2020 Progress Update ()
The first six months of 2020 are now completed and in this post, I’m going to write about the progress I’ve made so far in reaching my goals of mastering computer programming and the Spanish language. Leveling-Up My Programming Skills At the beginning of January 2020, I began the first course of the Launch School […]
- Why Work at a Startup? ()
It’s been a little over one year since I started working at my second Silicon Valley-based startup, Streak.com. I thought now would be a good time to write about what it’s like to work at a startup in case there are people out there interested in potentially joining a startup one day. Like many of […]
- The Power of Non-Zero Days: The Best Productivity Method I’ve Ever Used ()
We’re nearly halfway through first month of the new year and New Year’s Resolutions posts are slowly starting to fade away on social media. Eventually many of the grand plans and goals people have set for themselves will slowly start to wither away and another year will be wasted. It doesn’t have to be this […]
- Joining another startup! ()
Five years ago my wife and I made the long move out to Silicon Valley from Houston settling in Mountain View, California. After returning home to Houston in 2013 I joined my second startup, Streak.com, earlier this year! The Hustle Back in 2011 I moved to Silicon Valley with zero connections and hustled my way […]
- Making It In Silicon Valley When You Have Zero Connections ()
Ramit Sethi, the personal finance guru and master of behavioral psychology, has a new course he’s putting together on his site, I Will Teach You To Be Rich. His new material is all centered around readers finding their dream job. I’ve long been a big fan of Ramit, from his blog to his book to […]