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Personal Blog

The King of Career Shifts

July 04, 2024
I used to pride myself on being a chameleon because I was able to shift careers in the tech industry—not once but four times over the course of 16 years. But let me introduce to you someone who has everyone beat. This is my dad Jerry. Papa, I call him.He...

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financial independence

In Defence of the British ISA

March 10, 2024
When it comes to the journey towards Finance Independence and Retiring Early (aka FI/RE), tax-free investment vehicles are arguably one of the best passive wealth-builders that's accessible for the common person. In a non-tax-free investment account, there are often different layers of taxes that one is expected to...

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#100DaysOfCode

100 Days of Code: A Winter Tradition, Ruby Edition

October 30, 2023
I finally figured winter out. The daylight's the shortest, the nights are long and cold. When going out in the dead of winter is more than miserable, it's best to have a hobby that can be done at home. I had to learn this very quickly in New York...

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travel

Took a Tesla M3 on a Ski Trip

April 18, 2023
New York to Vermont.Yes, it's doable.I wanted to make sure this pertinent information is on top because we all hate click-baits. The kicker: this road trip was a ski trip. It was winter. Road conditions were icy. It also rained several times during the round trip. Snowboard and ski gear...

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Technology

The Tech Olympics

November 14, 2022
AKA Last Week's Big Week in Tech Weeks and months of build-up has culminated into what can only be called as the Tech Olympics, but not in the best light. I wouldn't call them fails due to the fact that these companies are still billion-dollar companies (okay, maybe except FTX)...

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financial independence

Of Losses and Gains

November 07, 2022
I usually don't have regrets because of my might as well life mantra, but one thing that I have been kicking myself in the bum for was not being more diligent with personal finance earlier. Photo taken on June 4, 2018 on my first day at work in Thomson...

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financial independence

Are We Beating the Street Yet?

November 07, 2022
Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post, but there is a referral link in this post that would let me earn a little amount through sign-up credits. In the spirit of diversifying my investment portfolio and adding an extra stream of passive income, I found out about this auto-trading...

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