Category: Notes
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Cómo consumir libros mientras caminas, manejas o lavas los platos. Una pista: audiolibros.
La cuestión es que, por mucho que se disfrute leyendo libros de papel y también libros en el Kindle, es casi imposible y muy irresponsable hacerlo mientras caminas, lavas los platos o conduces tu automóvil, realmente no es seguro ni conveniente. Ahora, he sabido sobre audiolibros por un tiempo, pero por alguna razón, no había…
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How to consume books while hiking, driving, or washing dishes. Hint: Audiobooks.
The thing is, as much as I enjoy reading paper books and also books in my kindle, it’s nearly impossible and highly irresponsible to do it while walking, washing dishes, or driving, it really isn’t safe. Now, I’ve known about Audible for a while, but for some reason, just never tried it until recently. However,…
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¿Quieres tener más éxito? Lee más.
¿Saben una cosa? En toda mi vida nunca he conocido a una persona con éxito financiero que no lee en abundancia. Leer te ayuda a tener un conocimiento amplio de la vida, de los negocios, de la ciencia, y cualquier otro tópico que leas. En mí opinión, si quieres tener éxito, tienes que aprender a…
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¿Quieres aumentar tu sueldo más de 50%? Busca trabajo en otra empresa.
En todos los años que tengo trabajando como programador o desarrollador de software, los mejores aumentos los he recibido cuando he cambiado de trabajo. Así es, y no me refiero a un cambio de posición en la misma empresa, me refiero a cambiar de empresa a una posición similar o mejor. El problema con esperar…
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Writer’s block influenced by bilingual ability. Really.
I can’t decide about writing my blog posts in Spanish or English, and it is blocking my ability to write. It is also affecting the development of an app since I can’t decide what language to use. I read in English, rationalize in Spanish, and then write in English for the most part. Multilingual friends,…
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You have time, just change your priorities.
It is challenging to be creative and spend time doing what you are passionate about when you have other responsibilities. If that is your position, I suggest you change your priorities so that you give more time and all your energy to that passion or to that project in which you want to work. Failure…
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A note about impostor syndrome
Impostor syndrome is when a person doubts their accomplishments, feels that they don’t deserve it, or think that their achievements (a promotion, a raise, etc.) are the result of luck. The impostor syndrome can affect anyone, especially women and minorities who fear they owe their accomplishments to affirmative action. What if we do the following…
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A note about Analytical skills
I’m focusing on helping my kids learn analytical skills, everything else they need to learn will be more accessible to them than this, now and in the future. STEM, leadership, and other career-specific skills are often (but not always) learned while working, most adults would agree with that. A big difference between poor kids and…
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How to successfully work from a coffee shop, or from anywhere!
I have been a software developer for many years now, and for the last 5 years, I’ve been working remotely 100% of the time. What does this mean? It means I’ve been working primarily from home, but it doesn’t mean I’m always home; instead I try to balance my time between multiple places inside my…
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How to explain technical information to someone with no technical knowledge
Last week as I was asked to describe what a JavaScript callback is to someone without any technical background. I thought about it for a few seconds and couldn’t think of a non-technical way to explain that a callback is a function that gets executed after another function has finished its execution, so then I…