US$450 (not incl. travel to a different city) travel for the GRE examUS$600 for test prepUS$ 85 per applicationUS$285 for World Education Services to verify my degree from LSE, plus 30$ to send it out to each school And that’s just to apply to 3 schools in the US. Australia’s next. Touché, global education-industrial complex. … Continue reading On grad school, a mid-application rant
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On workplace discrimination
So I keep calm, keep silent, keep my pay-check, and carry on.
(Anti)hustle in the age of Covid-19
Americans aren't the only ones plighted by Workism. It has infected the world's psyche like kombuchas and k-pop.
Theranos, Fyre, and the dangers of confusing vision with mission
My parents were entrepreneurs, the unaccomplished kind residing in the white space of survivor bias, never appearing in HBR articles and McKinsey case studies. The bloody corpse of their business and their likes fertilize the ground upon which your empires of prosperity now stand. Like all entrepreneurs they have an ability to spot and visualize … Continue reading Theranos, Fyre, and the dangers of confusing vision with mission
Work Thoughts: Management Debt
Debt is not necessarily a bad thing. The ability to borrow from another’s surplus, or borrowing from your own future surplus, so long as it is founded on prudent optimism, creates the virtuous cycle upon which stands the capitalist faith. But debt based on unfounded speculations or deceit is what gets us into bubbles. It’s … Continue reading Work Thoughts: Management Debt
Work thoughts to clear my head
The theme of this year is ‘innovation under constraint’. I wish I had a bigger. I wish had I more people on my team. I wish I had more time on my hands. I wish my boss is a bit more forthcoming with his thoughts. Right. Me and a billion other people. The ability to … Continue reading Work thoughts to clear my head
What I’ve learned from being fired
... this was a mishap of youth. It isn't always about the job, or even doing what you think is the right thing, and your best intention doesn’t negate its impact.
On Credibility
Credibility is a peculiar currency. Once gained, multitude of it compounds. Once lost, it is nigh impossible to regain. It’s the one characteristics that leaders must possess if they wish to be effective over time. This should be intuitive: to achieve the unimagined, she must be believed. To be believed, she must be credible. I’m … Continue reading On Credibility
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