Consciously Competent Investing
Expert Opinions: Warren Buffett thinks investing in S&P 500 over 30 years is a good idea to be completely hands off. Michael Burry of “The Big Short” warned the boom in index funds and ETFs is a dangerous bubble. Not sure if Michael Burry is…
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams
Startling percentage of the adult population literally has no smart friends to help them in their quest for success and happiness. 1 What I learned: Success causes passion more than passion causes success. Manage your energy instead of being passion driven. Systems over goals. Adopt…
10X More Happiness
I’m committed to inspiring others to evolve so they can live happier and healthier lives. I will measure my success by the amount of happiness I can create for everyone around me (including me). Jim Rohn said: Happiness is not something you postpone for the…
Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Today has been very revealing. My thinking that knowledge is the meaning of life has been turned on its head. How do you grow as a person? How do you become the person you want to be? How do you make an idea come alive?…
Big O is actually not that hard
Being in the software development you often hear some type of O expression when someone is talking about an algorithm. Given that I don’t have a computer science background I always seemed to ignore what it meant. Recently I decided to dig into the topic…
When Words Fail Me
Something that I’ve encountered over and over in my life is misinterpretations of my words or intentions. I used to think this was because I wasn’t from the mainland US, but I’ve now seen how it’s not a mainland thing. People misinterpret things communicated to…
Diversity: Part 1
Let me start by saying I’m Puerto Rican. I’m brutally honest and that can sometimes piss people off. I thought it was just me at first, but my sister and people I know have confirmed that they have the same talent. Most businesses see…
No Babies are Dying
Wanted to share something I keep re-learning. My wife used to come home stressed out from work all the time. She would always say “There’s not enough hours in the day to get all the work done I need to do”. This is code…
Decorator – Design Pattern
Simplest explanation I’ve heard of the decorator pattern is it’s “used to extend the functionality of a single object without affecting any other instances of the same class.” The decorator pattern is used to achieving a separation of concerns and is essential tool in the Open/Closed…
Good – Cheap – Fast Software Development
We’ve all heard the saying: Good service cheap won’t be fast. Good service fast won’t be cheap. Fast service cheap won’t be good. This saying fits the software development world like a glove. Recently ran into one of my mentors who said that his opportunity…