7 hours a day for a phone. What a massive waste of time. 25% of your life chasing tiny doses of dopamine.

Going analog helps with improving memory retention. Handwritten notes boost memory retention by about 13% over digital.

I try to reply to every DM when I can. I know the feeling of being ghosted. The last 2 years were heavy. I’ve built up a backlog.

Never intentional. Still catching up. And I’ll keep trying.

Because in this tense world, it feels good to stay human.

Money’s one thing. The worst part of unemployment is feeling worthless to the market.

You only lose if you quit. But if it’s hurting you too long, stop and reach out for help.

Coding tests for managers? Worst hiring move.

I haven't seen the tech market this brutal since 2008–2010. Back then I was inexperienced, and it still feels the same. Actually, worse.

Tech is cyclical: it swings hard both ways.

12–18 month runway is a smart move to avoid a career pivot.

I like to say that leaders turn chaos into purpose. If you avoid hardship and choose safety, you are not leading. Leadership is all about taming the path so others can follow your steps.

If every setback makes you stronger, you never lose.

I've seen the unemployment numbers. The sad truth? Many won't survive financially until the market resets. Juniors got sold lies about the tech industry. Now they pay the price.

This system is ruthless.

Easy times make loud leaders. Hard times reveal real ones. Your values aren't proven when they're convenient. Only when they cost you everything to defend.

Emirates flight at SFO stalled 3+ hours. H-1B holders forced off after Trump's $100K visa fee.

Chaos hits fast. Canada can win from it by pulling startups north.

I get it. It's convenient. But seniority isn't measured in years of experience. Convenient. Still wrong.

Some people have 10 years of experience. Others have 1 year of experience x 10 times. See the gap?

Most can grind. Few can sustainably grind.

Yesterday I got "the opportunity" to join a startup. First step? An AI interview.

I closed the laptop. Went to bed. Felt like a line in a spreadsheet.

Would you have kept going?

At night, everything feels broken. By morning, you see possibility again. Never decide in the dark.

Just because a decision hurts doesn't mean it's wrong.

Every thought you waste on the uncontrollable is stolen energy. Control what you can. Drop the rest.

If you don't know who it's for, don't write a single line of code.