Life Lessons
7 posts tagged “Life Lessons”.
2025
- Trying to Read While Life Happens
Trying to Read While Life Happens
- No Is a Complete Sentence
Google Calendar says I spend an average of 20 hours a week in meetings. Add to that the fact that I have to block my own lunch just to prevent people from scheduling over it, and suddenly 25 hours of a 40-hour week are already spoken for. Then there are the ad-hoc calls that pop up out of nowhere and don’t even show up on the calendar. So I’m pretty convinced I actually spend
- The Student in Me Never Left
This morning I started work late because I had to run a couple of errands.
- Why Christmas Music Gets Me Every Time
I know it may sound weird to start talking about Christmas when Halloween hasn’t even come up yet.
- My Origin Story: Baptism by Fire
When I walked into Synaptic Pharmaceuticals for my first official software developer job interview, I had never written a line of professional code.
- My Origin Story: From Syringes to Software
Sometimes the path finds you long before you recognize you’re walking it - my journey from biochemistry to software engineering
- The Quiet Girl Who Changed My Life
A heartfelt reflection on 25 years of marriage - how opposites attract and the quiet girl who became the steady foundation of a beautiful family