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Posted on June 29, 2018 Leave a Comment
I was fortunate to have attended Grace Hopper Convention in 2017 at Orlando. At the event, I met Kelly Hoey and got her book called ‘Build your dream network’. My interaction with her got me thinking why networks are so important. Networks are not only for work. They need to exist for life too. Your […]
Posted on June 27, 2018 Leave a Comment
About 2 years ago, I decided to switch my track in my career. I was a software tester, quality engineer and a software developer in test for 10 years. Basically, I wrote code daily. It gave me feeling of helping our customers on whichever projects I worked on, to ensure they have a seamless experience. […]
Posted on June 14, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s possibly the last day of Ramadan today. For the first time in years….I felt sad. It feels like a comforting friend is moving away. It will be a long time until we meet again. This year, I tried to fast again. And I fell quite ill. I took the time to recover. And consciously […]
Posted on June 4, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s June. That can mean only one thing…summer is here and it’s time to enjoy the outdoors. As I would have wished. But NO! It’s time for exciting mid-year reviews at work #sarcasticgrin I stepped into a managerial role by choice. So I should be more prepared and willing to do this sort of thing. […]
Posted on May 29, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s 2018. We live in a world today where human thinking isn’t advancing as quickly as technology. Over the past few weeks, I have been hearing things which still surprise me and makes me think…are we moving forward at all? I still can’t believe that people think that marrying a 30 year old woman means […]
Posted on May 23, 2018 Leave a Comment
We had a guest speaker at work today….speaking to us about mental health. His name is Geoff McDonald and he is an ex-VP at Unilever. This wasn’t the first talk I heard this week about mental health. The second I listened to was by Gitte Klitgard at Craft-Conf. (Yes, I am talking about Craft Conf […]
Posted on May 22, 2018 Leave a Comment
What drives you? How do you find potential? Do you enjoy working with people who don’t have drive? For me, ‘drive’, ‘inspiration’ and a ‘sense of purpose’ go hand in hand. Lately, I have been meeting more and more people who exhibit a lack of desire to go above and beyond. Their only drive may […]
Posted on May 20, 2018 Leave a Comment
Many working women in my culture find it challenging to find the right support group. I live in London and have been working full time for 11+ years now. I am a high achieving individual and do not enjoy lazy days at work. Lately, I have been struggling with a sense of identity. Readers may […]
Posted on May 14, 2018 Leave a Comment
I have been away from my work for a good 10 days now, for travel & conference. Before I left, I was exhausted. Both emotionally and physically. Period. There are multiple reasons for this. One, lack of understanding for where I stand with a long running situation. Two, getting zero time for what really drives […]
Posted on May 13, 2018 Leave a Comment
I have been wanting to goto Prague for quite sometime and somehow it never transpired. So when my brothers’ PHD defense got delayed (we were originally going to be in the US this time of the year), I quickly found a good deal to goto Prague. On arrival in Prague, I realised quickly that I […]
Maryam Umar 