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I told the story of how I started in a low-paying job in our state university (University of the Philippines) which eventually got me into a high-significance project for the countrys flagship Disaster Risk Reduction & Mitigation initiative... which was still low-paying. Haha. But it was a steep growth: I was playing both technical and leadership roles in a high-impact project where the most important benchmark we measured was “how many lives were lost after a Typhoon”. We were on the news every week. Different governments visited our offices. I was speaking at conferences.
Eventually though, when the personal needs changed, I took on more “side” hustles to patch for the lack of pay. At a high pace, this became noticebly unhealthy. I became grumpy all the time due to stress, and I ended up not being effective in my roles. The projects were successful, I was not.
Eventually though, when the personal needs changed, I took on more “side” hustles to patch for the lack of pay. At a high pace, this became noticeably unhealthy. I became grumpy all the time due to stress, and I ended up not being effective in my roles. The projects were successful, I was not.
At the same time, I realized what I was doing is far from what I want to do: I did more management than tech... talking with stakeholders (dev rel stuff, project management, meeting with investors/money folks)