by Fikri Rasyid | Sep 19, 2022 | Essays
It took me years to realize that most thing in life are team sports. There are occurrences where you can thrive alone but in many circumstances, you need to be in a team where you can took advantage of the team’s resource + teamwork so you can grow and even outgrow...
by Fikri Rasyid | Sep 19, 2022 | Essays
Satya Nadella said this during Windows 10 event in 2015: We want to go from users needing Windows to choosing Windows to loving WindowsSatya Nadella My first reaction toward this was combination of chuckle, shrugging, and a good-luck-bro. I’ve been (and still) so deep...
by Fikri Rasyid | Sep 7, 2022 | Essays
My somewhat simple observation on roles in a tech organization: Junior role: Not familiar with the codebase, don’t know who to ask yet, have significant amount of insecurity when asking because still in a phase of proofing thy worth, solving what’s in front of their...
by Fikri Rasyid | Jun 26, 2022 | Essays
Life moments and goals come in form of highlights. Graduating college, wedding, loosing weight, you called it. The interesting thing is these highlights are almost always culmination of effort; tons of things happening in span of times and at the peak of it certain...
by Fikri Rasyid | Jun 23, 2022 | Essays
Aziz Ansari isn’t really my preference for comedy but this one bit about Frank Ocean on how he managed to work on projects he like really hit home. I’ve been working up to the point where my wife keep suggesting me to take some time off. Heck, even co-worker told me...
by Fikri Rasyid | Jun 23, 2022 | Essays
I know that some people enjoy mechanical watch but i never one of them. I’ve been using Apple Watch 2 for years and so far it feels sufficient for me. I like tech and my frame of thinking is if my watch can do more than just telling time, why should i settle with a...