Is UC Santa Cruz “Coding for Everyone: C and C++ Specialization” Worth Your Time in 2025?
A practical assessment based on completing the UC Santa Cruz C & C++ Specialization, outlining who benefits most, where it falls short, and how it fits into the 2025 tech landscape.
Is Taking the Google UX Design Professional Certificate Program Still Worthwhile in 2025?
A practical review of the Google UX Design Certificate based on direct experience, breaking down its strengths, limitations, and how it fits into 2025’s competitive design landscape.
One Year After Startup Weekend: What We Built, What We Learned, and What Comes Next
What a Techstars Startup Weekend actually looks like inside those 54 hours, and how we went from weekend prototype to completing the EIT Grand Finals few months later
What a Week-Long Facilitation Training in the Netherlands Taught Me About Leading International Teams
On a week in Ommen learning facilitation by doing it daily, researching Amsterdam's housing crisis as a case study, and discovering why leading workshops for people from eight countries teaches more than any methodology textbook ever could
What International Debates Taught Me About Working Across Borders
On multiple days of structured discussion with participants from seventy countries, the assumptions that collapse when context disappears, and why distributed teams require a different kind of communication entirely
What Building an International Youth Platform Taught Me About NGOs
On creating Not Too Young with teams from Slovakia, Germany, and Greece, what coordinating across borders actually requires, and why clarity about mission matters more than enthusiasm ever will.
How Working in Leipzig Taught Me That Professional Growth Requires Being Slightly Annoying
On an internship in Germany, the discipline of fifteen-minute lunch breaks, and why persistently asking for more work is the fastest way to learn anything.
