Evergreen Notes

Evergreen Notes

Loose, unopinionated notes on things I don’t entirely understand yet.
🌱 Being a generalist helps you find the right career choice
— Mindset

🌱 Being a generalist helps you find the right career choice

Being a self-taught designer has been something that made me unconfident. I hated how I never specialized in anything in
🌱 Children who are later talkers
— Parenting

🌱 Children who are later talkers

🌱 Feynman was an American theoretical physicist born in New York City. He’s a famous physicist, but many people know
— People

🌱 Feynman

Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist born in 1918 in New York City. Feynman was a very late talker—
🌱 Fall in love with the process over outcomes
— Mindset

🌱 Fall in love with the process over outcomes

If you are like me and many other creatives, you have many interests and want to do many things. You’
🌱 You can improve anything with 30 min a day for 30 days
— Mindset

🌱 You can improve anything with 30 min a day for 30 days

🌱 The Seinfeld strategy — Don’t break the chain encourages us to use a big calendar that has a whole year
🌱 Atomic essays
— Writing

🌱 Atomic essays

Have you heard of the term "atomic essay" coined by the Ship-30-by-30 creators? It's a fascinating concept that I absolutely
📗 And I got an offer 🎉
— Career

📗 And I got an offer 🎉

Oh Yeah. I got an offer. After almost 3 months of unemployment and many rejections, I got an offer. I
📗 A company I'm interviewing at has conducted a layoff
— Career

📗 A company I'm interviewing at has conducted a layoff

Do you believe that? Yeah, it's the truth. Anything can happen, mah. I was in the middle of an interview
— User Research

🌱 Ask for quick sharing right after every user interview

Doing this will help you synthesize user research 2x faster.
🌱 📗 Whiteboard challenge Step-by-Step & Tips
— Design

🌱 📗 Whiteboard challenge Step-by-Step & Tips

Some companies will have a whiteboard design challenge. I will have one session next week. It will be a case
— Code

🌱 Building a product isn't about whether it can be built

But about if people need it. Learning to code might be wise. I think everyone should learn to code nowadays.
🌱 Moving my website to Ghost
— Tool

🌱 Moving my website to Ghost

I’m building an entirely new website with Ghost. My goal is ambitious — to make it my primary website. It
— Post-Layoff Diary

📗 Interviewing & Rejection

Yesterday I had only one interview with a designer from a big crypto company. The interviewer is very nice, kind,
🌱 Powerful life hacks for career, health, and relationship
— Health

🌱 Powerful life hacks for career, health, and relationship

Sahil Bloom is my greatest resource for learning. His newsletter and Twitter content always give me new and powerful lessons.
— Letter from Audience

📨 Letter from Audience #01

💌Hi Trong, I am Yurong, a product designer based in Singapore. I chanced upon your article on LinkedIn and when
— Post-Layoff Diary

📗 Chat with a recruiter from a 3D AI Startup

Today I will have two chats with HR. I did one this morning with E. Their product is innovative. Building
— Post-Layoff Diary

📗 An ex-colleague asked to refer me to a company

Today is Sunday. There’s no more reply from companies. But I have some chat next week. Around 4 chats
— Post-Layoff Diary

📗 One chat with HR and one more invite to chatting

Today is Friday, and there is no job that is in the interview yet. Most of the meetings are with
— Post-Layoff Diary

📗 Getting some replies from companies that I applied

Today I got some replies from some places that I applied: Viki Rakuten, and Coinhako. I also applied to some
— Post-Layoff Diary

📗 The first official day to look for a job

Today is Wednesday. The first official day for me to look for a job. Seems like not many companies are
— Notetaking

🌱 Folders kill creativity

The folder structure defines specific content belonging to one category. The content is stored in the same place, but they
— Post-Layoff Diary

📗 Much support from friends and LinkedIn people

Keith, my ex-head of design, sent me a message yesterday. He sent me a Job description from Google and a
🌱 Post Layoff Diary
— Personal

🌱 Post Layoff Diary

Sharing my process of looking for new jobs after the layoff.