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I am an Asian non-native English speaker. I am petite and soft-spoken. Sometimes, I’ll take a few seconds to reply to you because I’m busy translating what I want to say in my head from my mother tongue to English. Even after leaving my home country, Myanmar, and living in an English speaking country, Australia…

What it could look like when you move out of day-to-day programming I am currently working as a software development manager at an enterprise software company in Sydney, Australia. My company develops products for agile teams consisting of software developers, product designers, product managers, and the likes. Similarly, my work involves working with agile teams….

1. Dare to Lead — Brene Brown In her book Dare to Lead, Brene Brown talked about courageous leadership and being kind to your people by providing clear feedback and advice. My main takeaway from this book was that courageous leadership doesn’t mean being directive, appearing to have it all together or having all the…

Last year, I was invited to be on the panel for g:URL Code, which is an event to encourage and inspire women and girls to take a step into the digital world. I thought I’d share the questions and answers because they were great questions and you can also get a glimpse of how I…

Why personal brand? To answer this question, I have to tell you a little bit about myself. I am a working mother and technology leader. The things on the sketch above are important things in my life. They are a part of me. But it’s not very often that you’d come across people like me…

We have welcomed a new decade. Twenty-twenty. A new decade means new opportunities. New possibilities. To explore. To learn. And to experience. Being a technologist, one of my favourite quotes is, “Software is eating the world”. In the new decade, this quote will be even truer than ever. Every company in the world will become…

If you work in the software development industry, I have no doubt that you’ve heard of Agile manifesto. Unlike the traditional way of software development, which is also known as waterfall methodology, the Agile manifesto has four core values to encourage better way of doing software development. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working…

There have been many accidental events in my life that have benefited me greatly in my career, and blogging is definitely one of them. Today, I’d like to take you on my blogging journey and share with you some of the skills that I’ve acquired from blogging. How my blogging journey began Let’s start from…

Software development industry is one of the fastest growing industries today and software developers are in demand everywhere in the world. At the same time, the future of work is a hot topic — on one hand, there are hopes that future of work will mean more opportunities for anyone, anywhere, working fewer days and…

Learning, upskilling and staying in touch with latest technology and trends are a part of any software developer’s life. They are not optional extras, but are vital to the successful achievement of your career goals. However, there are some common learning mistakes that developers often make regardless of where they are currently in their career….