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title: My Decade in Review
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date: '2020-01-01'
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spoiler: A personal reflection.
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I started this decade as a first-year college student fresh out of high school. I was 17, didn't have a job, didn't have any industry connections, and really didn't know shit. And now you're reading my blog! I would have been proud.
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I met many people in the audience who I already knew from Twitter. One of them was Jing Chen. I remembered her from our IRC chat on the React channel, and came to say hi. She asked whether FB recruiters contacted me before, and I said I couldn't get a US visa. Jing asked whether I'm interested in working at the London office, and I had no idea there even *was* a London office! I called my wife and asked if she's up for moving to London. I thought she'd hate the idea, but she immediately said yes. So I said yes to an interview.
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There were four people from FB at the conference, so Jing arranged a full interview right at the conference hotel. It was a regular interview process, except it was in Paris and everyone was sweaty because it was so hot outside.
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There were four people from FB at the conference, so Jing arranged a full interview right at the conference hotel. It was a regular interview process, except it was in Paris and everyone was sweaty because it was so hot outside.
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Everything happened so spontaneously that I neither had time to prepare, nor to get nervous. At one point I freaked out and panicked because I couldn't write three lines of code that swap two items in an array. I asked Jing to look away for a few seconds. She said "I know you can swap two items", and that gave me the confidence to finish the answer and make it through the interview. I probably didn't pass with flying colors, but I got the offer.
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title: Things I Don’t Know as of 2018
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date: '2018-12-28'
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spoiler: We can admit our knowledge gaps without devaluing our expertise.
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People often assume that I know far more than I actually do. That’s not a bad problem to have and I’m not complaining. (Folks from minority groups often suffer the opposite bias despite their hard-earned credentials, and that *sucks*.)