Minh Pham

I talk a lot... sometimes it's about useful job stuff

[TOKYOPOP @TOKYOPOP]

We are stunned by the number of great entries we received for the “I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway!” Manga Music Video contest hosted by @SugoiMedia!

Here's the First Place winner of the contest. 😊

Thank you to all who entered!

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

Y'ALL - #ShangChi IS FUCKING AMAZING

I never knew I wanted to see my DAD as a Marvel Villain

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@DataChomp @ANguyening Yoo, nice to meet you! Sure let's talk - either DMs or email works, [email protected]

Hit me up!

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@ANguyening I feel like there's a joke to be made here with this gif, but I'm too lazy right now :P

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@bijanbwb Thank you for the kind comment!

Something I've come to value highly is that nothing is truly ever impossible. The work involved might be more than I want to commit and Fear - real or not - impacts my willingness to walk a certain path, but those can and do change with time.

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@bijanbwb Unexpected problems or benefits?

YES!
pros:
- expanded my horizons more than any time previously
- learned a lot about myself, and my own values
- worst-case scenarios are overblown
- I can be a better dev/manager today

cons:
...
...
tackling my own personal anxieties?

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@bijanbwb Hard to get back in?

Professionally? no, plenty of recruiters still asking if I'm interested. Mentally though, yes - I had sort of built a mental wall around the idea of coding seriously again, and every time the thought crossed my mind, I actually felt a little anxious.

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@vicishaweddy Hahaha congratulations again! Don't forget to let yourself feel good about things in between the anxiety of starting a new journey :D

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@ANguyening ...terrified.... that for some reason every test ends with "assert True"

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@Real_Kilometers Loove me some sudowoodos lol, still remember the way they wiggle when you interacted with them.

Also, is that frame from electric tale of pikachu? If so, huge throwback as that was probably my very first print manga I ever had!

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Too many tech companies' interview process is at least partially designed & implemented to make the *interviewer* feel smart & secure about the job they have.

Interviewers ought to approach interviews with an attitude of curiosity & assessment rather than hierarchy & judgement.

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

Parler? Twitter? Big Tech?

WIP takes on a spicy conversation!

[Work In Progress Podcast @_WIPPodcast]

New Episode just dropped!

Inspired by recent events, we chat about the ethical side of tech!

https://t.co/mrHIcXYVD6

Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/cIGfB74JtB

Spotify: https://t.co/0E0Noj811g

Share with someone who'd enjoy this!

[Twitch @Twitch]

We've made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote following statements from the face of the emote encouraging further violence after what took place in the Capitol today.

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@ANguyening Given that framing, I'd say ANY refactoring not part of the original estimate is scope creep - but is perhaps more readily Acceptable scope creep.

Now if your question went something like: At what point is refactoring no longer worthwhile scope-creep, thats a different answer :P

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@ANguyening Scope creep isn't Inherently Bad. It gets a bad rap, sure, especially with missed deadlines, but on it's own what IS scope creep?

It's any time a Dev or otherwise has realized the initial understanding of the problem is inadequate, and now needs to include some new facet.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Why does Your Manager’s Manager (YMM) request a deck/doc during a meeting, says it’s urgent, and then doesn’t respond for days after you create & send it?

Or, why does YMM often respond with trivial feedback (e.g. formatting) & not substantive feedback?

Answers in this thread👇🏾

[Minh Pham @MiniSeagoat]

@growthmindset1 Juuust Start. Whatever it is, just start.
That worry you're already thinking about? Doesn't matter - just start.

Think your idea might be dumb? awesome - just start.

Not sure how far you'll take it? also fine.

Just. Start.

[Work In Progress Podcast @_WIPPodcast]

New episode is live!
https://t.co/DohsRXvxcE

Apologies it dropped later than usual!

In this episode we retrospect and talk about the journey thus far.

Huge thanks to all our listeners!

Spotify: https://t.co/0E0Noj811g

Apple Podcasts:
https://t.co/cIGfB74JtB