Archive for the ‘ My Experience ’ Category

How hobbies help in the pursuit of happiness

Last night I went to dinner with a new girl I had befriended. She’s new to the area, and just getting settled in. While on the topic of finding fun things to do in the bay area and meeting people I mentioned that I’m usually never bored, because I have a lot of hobbies; there’s [ READ MORE ]

Complacency

he past few months have been filled with excitement mostly due to Mint.com launching, meeting new friends, traveling, and just enjoying life overall. But despite all the success, and exhilaration I find myself wanting more challenges. I love engineering and what I do. But something in me craves a new obstacle to conquer or to [ READ MORE ]

I’m not just an engineer, I’m a femgineer

  Looks like the job market is hot right now for engineers; Web 2.0 companies are sprouting up everyone, and as always there’s a dearth of quality engineers. So I’m sure it takes recruiters and managers a lot of effort to lure good engineers away from their existing jobs. Now I’m not one to get offended [ READ MORE ]

Top 10 Reasons I haven’t blogged in months

I’ve been getting a lot of flack for not having posted a new blog article so in months, I guess people are actually wondering what this femgineer is upto… Here are my list of excuses/activities that have detracted my focus from writing an article recently: 10. My parents came to visit for a week (need I [ READ MORE ]

Mother’s Day

Today is mother’s day.  So happy mother’s day to all mothers and soon-to-be mothers.  I applaud your efforts, passion, and commitment to raising a child.  Although I am not a mother and I’m not sure yet if I ever will be, I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a mother, and how much [ READ MORE ]

Expectations

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the expectations people have for themselves and with regards to others. Expectations can be concrete goals people have, but also hopes. The questions I’ve been grappling with are: how does one evaluate whether their expectations are reasonable, is one in complete control of the their expectations’ outcome, and finally how [ READ MORE ]

Freedom: Fuel for a Start-up

For almost 7 months I’ve been working at a start-up, and I’ve noticed how incredibly motivated and productive my colleagues and myself are despite the long hours, Hibernate issues, and lack of heat in our buildingAnd even though I’m starting to get a little burned out, I still want to work and talk about the [ READ MORE ]

Why are YOU an engineer?

  I get asked this question quite often at networking and social events especially by my counterparts. I’ve noticed that no one seems to ask my male colleagues the same question. I can understand why they ask me the this question in particular; I’m young, energetic, feminine, and seem to be pretty extroverted for an engineer [ READ MORE ]

Lifestyles of the Girly and Geeky

 was sitting in my third grade classroom when I decided that I was going to be a lawyer. Why did I want to be a lawyer, because a lawyer reads, writes, argues, and defends ideas. Those are all the skills I wanted to practice in my career. After I made the decision to become a [ READ MORE ]