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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • I know that too: the importance of skill diversity

    Sometimes, we think that we should only be good at a thing or two which are valued at work. And instead of exploring other skills that may or may not be directly related to the work we’re paid to do, we only limit ourselves to learning things we thought were “useful” at the moment. Should… Read more

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  • Catching up with the workload

    The thing about joining a project in the middle of it meant that you didn’t know much about how things worked around before you came. And that also means that you need to have a lot of catching up to do. Your question might be, “Where should I start?” And it might be challenging to… Read more

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  • Why should you use duckduckgo?

    It was a late night, and I was still outside catching up for work. That means that I have my laptop propped up while doing desktop research. But while I was in the thick of it, a friend squeezed himself in, curiosity bubbling, and asked me why I was using the DuckDuckGo search engine. Of… Read more

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  • Welcome back to the metro

    The last time I was here, I packed all my stuff and went home. Now, I’m towing them back again. It never really felt exciting like the first time. It wasn’t even dreadful. But being here means that I am not somewhere else. And that means I’ve said too many goodbyes to the people my… Read more

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  • The nitty-gritty of troubleshooting

    We don’t think about functions failing until they do. It’s because we expect that they continue to do the work they ought to do. And when we are catching up with a deadline, this somewhat unanticipated breakdown becomes a source of unwanted irritation. When troubleshooting, we are compelled to explore what went wrong–which means that… Read more

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  • When I was young, she was the professional class photographer

    It’s incredible how you can remember so little about your childhood the more you advance in years. It felt like the new ones had overwritten the old, but it also felt that the old memories went further into the deepest recess of our minds. But for the few memories we remember, we look back at… Read more

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  • The desert experience

    We thought that living life was just like following a set of instructions. And then, once done, a carefree life will be handed to you. But no. Everything is not easily handed over to you. There are times when you must go through the desert to get to your promised land–because it’s the only way… Read more

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