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October 2024 marks my fifth year at Snap, making this my second-longest tenure with an organization, aside from my graduate program. While there are still many challenges to tackle at work, I want to take a moment to reflect on the journey that brought me here and to share some of the insights and lessons I’ve gathered along the way—many of which were learned the hard way. In this post, I will share my observations on growth.
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Hi, I started this blog with the goal of recording a few of the lessons I’ve learned in my life. They ranges from learnings from work and parenting, thoughts from reading a book or post, or oftentimes just some random thoughts. I use the term “Gradient” to describe a lession which may sound nerdy, but I find learning life lessions is similar to how gradient descent works in machine learning. They both involve making changes to the path in seeking the best outcome (or the global optimal). Plus, I guess I am nerdy inside. If you are nerdy and feel bad about it, you should check out Paul Graham’s post on this topic. It will for sure change your perspective. Lastly, these posts are really just for myself in recording some of my learnings in seeing the world. This way I can be truthful with myself and do not have to fight the desire to make myself look better.