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154 Stories To Learn About Work

by Learn RepoNovember 4th, 2023

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Learn everything you need to know about Work via these 154 free HackerNoon stories.

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Let's learn about Work via these 154 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read stories about any technology.

Are you working hard or hardly working? I applaud you either way.

1. Uber's Secret Algorithm to Calculate Fares

Uber has quietly changed the way it pays drivers in several major cities across the U.S., using a new feature it’s calling “Upfront Fares.”

2. One Small Step for You, One Big Step for Your IT Career

We all sometimes try taking on more significant tasks than we can deliver on—it stems directly from our human inability to evaluate complex tasks correctly.

3. Lessons Learned from Working Remotely for 2+ Years

I've been working remotely for +2 years now and I've learned a lot about it. Here are 4 lessons I've learned working remotely so far.

4. How To Work From Home

I’ve been working from home for twenty years.

5. The Pursuit of Dopeness

New decade, new you. (Okay it’s usually a new year, not a decade but you get the picture.

6. 6 Work from Home Positions in AI Data Collection and Data Annotation

For digital nomads, college students, stay-at-home parents or anyone looking for remote work positions, this article introduces online/remote work positions that are available today in the fields of AI Data Collection and Data Annotation.

7. Four Things to do Before and After You're Laid Off

One of the hardest things to deal with about a layoff is that it is unexpected for the person laid off. Take these steps to deal with it if /when it happens.

8. How I Force Myself to Work

No one seems to be immune to procrastinating, myself included. Some people get drawn into social media, for others it's YouTube or ProductHunt. I, however, tend to lose whole days on Wikipedia and development communities. Everyone has their poison. If you really are one of these odd people who don't know what procrastination is, check out this video:

9. How the Job Market Is Being Misrepresented to You

Here are some ways job seekers are misinformed about the job market.

10. Immigrant Teens Are Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Factories

They are among the tens of thousands of young people who have come to this country over the past few years, some as unaccompanied minors...

11. Tech Layoffs: What do They Mean for Budding Developers?

So we're officially in a recession, and now the question is, "what does a recession mean to me as a brand-new developer?".

12. Developers Created a Culture of Shame and a Toxic Workplace

Open up Twitter or any dev forum really, have a little scroll, and it will not take you long at all to find developers being unpleasant to each other.

13. Create an Effective Product Roadmap by Using Uncertainty Bubbles

There are many ways to create a product roadmap. Today, I'm introducing a new way of building a roadmap for your product development, with a one-day workshop.

14. Leadership Lessons from a Dog in Uncertain Times

“Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?” — Jonathan Safran Foer

15. Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors

Many developers believe multiple monitors improve productivity. Studies have proven it, right? Well, keep in mind, <a href="https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/monitors/en/dual_monitors_boost_productivity_whitepaper.pdf" target="_blank">many of those studies are commissioned from monitor manufacturers like Dell and NEC</a>. 🤔

16. Here's How I Passed The Oracle Certified Professional Examination

In November 2020, I passed the Oracle Certified Professional Java 11 1Z0-819 exam. For me, it was a long journey of 4 months. Sitting with full concentration..

17. Top 21 Companies Hiring for Remote Work

Top 21 Companies Hiring for full time , Remote Work-from Home Jobs

18. Testimonial Driven Development

Build your products based on the testimonials you want to get from your customers

19. The Unbundled Work Era: The Time Is Now

The internet and rise of micro-entrepreneurship

20. How To Build Your Self Esteem

Self-esteem refers to how we view and respect ourselves. Because it is founded on our views and beliefs about ourselves, changing them can be challenging.

21. The 36 Highest Paying Cities for Management Consultants in the US

Here is everything you might want to know about what a management consultant does and how much someone can earn in the role.

22. Side Projects: Yay or Nay?

I love to build stuff online, but do I have too many side projects?

23. 6 Ways You Can Build and Maintain Strong Relationships With Your Partner

Building and maintaining strong relationships can be a challenging endeavor.

24. 5 Rules for Effective Team Management in Post-covid Times

The following 5 rules of effective team management help develop our business not only in post-COVID times but in times of war in Ukraine as well.

25. Working with Job Recruiters: Everything You Might Want to Know

This is everything you might want to know about job recruiters from a 20-plus-year veteran of the recruiting industry.

26. An Obsession that Could Cost Thousands of Jobs

35,000 people around the world work for the Gupta Family Group of companies. Sanjeev Gupta, the Chair, has invested millions into the UK and other countries, most often in the manufacturing sector.

27. The Mood of the Year: Languishing

Languishing is apathy, a sense of annoyance or feeling floating or an overall lack of interest in life or the things that typically bring you joy and happiness.

28. The Tech Worker's Pandemic Advantage

This economy’s income inequality is well documented. The pandemic has begun to accelerate the widening of this gap. Those who are able to work during a lockdown are HEAVILY advantaged. Now that it appears the United States has squandered the benefits of a lockdown, one has to accept the fact there will be more lockdowns.

29. Quiet Quitting is About Loyalty

Corporate culture needs to change, hopefully younger startups can chip away at this awful culture that is deteriorating the workplace experience.

30. An In-Depth Response to Sam Altman's "American Equity"

Sam Altman, CEO, and founder of OpenAI, published an essay with HackerNoon in 2017 titled American Equity where he makes the case for a Universal Basic Income.

31. How to Develop Interpersonal Skills for Collaborative Work

New in office? Learn about the necessary skills required for effective teamwork, collaboration and develop interpersonal skills and excel in the workplace.

32. What Should You Do If Upwork Sends You a “Dear John” Letter?

"We are contacting you to let you know we have suspended your access to Upwork indefinitely."

33. 5 Important Things We Should Stop Neglecting When Hiring

The peril of vague job descriptions

34. Raising Kids And A Startup

Kids are great. They're funny, smart, beautiful, the light of your life and exhausting. Kind of like a startup...so how does one go about balancing both?

35. The Case For Work Being the Meaning of Life

“We are still waiting on a cure for death, but until then building products may be the next best thing.”

36. How Money Works: Value Created, Reach, and Personal Satisfaction

Choosing a career path that will enable you financial solidity is important. Only if you are not struggling financially you will be able to flourish in life

37. Why We Spend So Much Time at Work on Things that Don't Matter

We focus on trivia at the expense of more important issues. Why does this happen and what we can do about it?

38. Top 10 Studies That Will Break All the Productivity Myths You Ever Knew

We’ve put together a list of the best productivity studies to help you get the most out of your day.

39. Stop Treating Your Team Like Children

Patrick Campbell goes over why you shouldn't treat your team like children.

40. My Workstation Must Haves

My workspace is just a small table, but it buries my dreams in it.

41. The 13 Highest Paying Cities for Software Engineers in the U.S Midwest

Among the top 100 best-paying cities for software engineers in the U.S., 13 are in the Midwest, as reported by over 5 million verified professionals on Blind.

42. Work is turning your idea into things.

43. Forget Quiet Quitting, fatFIRE is the Newest Workplace Trend

All the talk about quiet quitting makes it seem like everyone hates their jobs and is just sleepwalking through the workday, but that’s not the case -here's why

44. Can Data Automation Transform The Workplace?

Every minute, a staggering 1,820 terabytes of data is created around the world. That’s more than 2.5 quintillion bytes every day! This data takes many forms, from Tweets and Instagram posts to the generation of new bitcoin.

45. 25 Questions Candidates Should Ask in an Interview for Remote Work

Remote interviews allow companies same time and money on travel expenses, while determining whether a candidate should be hired.

46. The Pointless TaskMaster: Why Product Management Might be a BS Job

Explore the concept of the Bullshit job made popular by David Graeber – see how it applies to Product Management.

47. How to Become an Excel Pro: 10 Best Tips

Antonio Reza gives you the best Excel tips to become a verified pro.

48. How Shortage of Labor Will Create More AI & Automation Careers

Automation and artificial intelligence technology are beginning to make seismic shifts in the way that things are done in today’s world. From making certain processes more streamlined to replacing humans with machinery, these forms of technology are ushering in a new age of productivity, optimization, and efficiency.

49. 8 National Parks That Would Be Perfect to Work From This Summer

Who says WFH means staying chained to your desk? Try WFCampsite this summer and check out some of the most amazing National Parks the U.S. has to offer.

50. Digital Workspaces: Hacking the Future of Work

A look at how to engage in the future of work through digital workspaces

51. Learn How To Reset Team Productivity With These 5 Steps

Productivity is a volatile thing in the office. It comes and goes. Just like there are ups and downs in life, some days are more rewarding than others at the workplace too. There will be times when your team would get in a slump and you will have to jumpstart them back to life.

52. The "Great Regret" and How to Avoid it when Switching Jobs

This article addresses things to take note of, before you switch jobs to avoid the "Great regret"

53. 59% of Employees Want More Mental Health Support at Work

About 3 in 5 professionals in the US (59%) do not believe their employer supports their mental health, according to a survey of 3,269 professionals.

54. Why Everyone Needs an Avatar in a "Socially Distant" World

Imagine a future where everyone has a virtual character that they use across multiple platforms. Social media, video conferencing, games, and other online spaces.

55. How to Run a Tech Interview Without the Hazing

Tech job interviews are awful. We all know it. However, between coding exercises, take-home projects, and technical questions, we are making them worse.

56. Making a fair technical hiring challenge

How to differentiate applicants while respecting their time

57. Should $CRM Buy $WORK?

This Slack discussion by me and Hang occurred in hackernoon's official #slogging-beta channel.

58. This Secret Method Will Help You Become More Effective At Work

The 50/10 method is simple. It says work for fifty minutes; rest for ten minutes.

59. How to work on a startup when your motivation runs out

In most cases, positive motivation drives a person starting a new business. He wants to make the best product, become a leader, or earn a profit. When that positive motivation runs out, there are two possible scenarios.

60. A Business Strategy for Success

A road map that matters

61. AI: From ZERO to H...aving A Lot of Questions (Part II)

(If you just landed here, be sure to check Part I)

62. The 20 Highest Paying Cities for Software Engineers in California

These are the 20 best-paying cities for software engineers in California, as reported by the more than 5 million verified professionals on Blind.

63. The Terrible Truth of Working in Customer Service

As we reported on the industry, we invited current and former customer service representatives to contact us. They did.

64. Hiring a Remote Candidate: 7 Signs You’ve Found The Right One

Getting and hiring the right remote worker can be a difficult task, for most businesses and organizations.

65. Three Best Practices for Tackling AI Bias in Recruitment

The use of AI-powered recruitment software is an exciting trend, but then what steps have been placed to curb the emergence of bias? This article shares some.

66. Informative Blogs to Follow in 2022

In this slogging thread, our community shares their best suggestions on tech, financial, work, travel, gaming, and pop-culture-themed blogs to follow.

67. Five Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for the Return to the Office

The crisis has turned the corporate world upside down. Most office workers — including me — have been working from home for more than two months.

68. The Working from Home Puzzle

Working from home — WFH in short — is one of the most debated topics these days. Recent events have compelled many organizations to close their offices and force their employees to work from home. All aspects of the working experience are now being done remotely.

69. 4 Tips on How to Incorporate Deep Work in Your Daily Routine

In a world, the ability to perform deep work is the most valuable skill in the 21st century, and here’s how you can apply it in your day-to-day routine.

70. Should I Work At A Startup Or An Established Company?

A Company vs A Startup. What’s best? In this article, I review my experience working at both startups and companies to help you determine your best route.

71. Coworking Bansko is a Haven for Digital Nomads

In this slogging thread, our community discusses Zeitler's initiative, Coworking Bansko, and nomadic working.

72. An Open Letter to My Invisible Employer

I have lived 6 years in this corporate life. I have spent my valuable energy, time and patience on you.

73. Here's Why Software Engineers And Data Scientists Get Fed Up And Quit

Most developers and software engineers will hit a "technical ceiling" in their career. Why the limit? How do you break through?

74. Shine at Work: 8 Tips to Get Noticed

What matters is how you operate, how you interact with others, or how you look beyond the outcomes to generate value.

75. 17 Skills Improve Managerial Communication in The Workplace

In this article, you’ll discover why communication is a critical skill for a manager and seventeen skills to improve communication at work

76. Explaining Important Skills For Hero Developers Using Lego Bricks

Programming is like building Lego bricks. Any developer can pick a brand new Lego set and build it following the instructions. This is very easy. Think of it as coding school assignments or entry level tutorials.

77. Trapped Under a Rubble of Debt and Stuck in a Foreign Country

L. was trapped. She was ineligible for government assistance and her visa status limits her to U.S. jobs approved by her visa sponsor...

78. 5 Things to Consider Before Joining a Startup

Thinking of changing your career by stepping into the startup scene? Here are a few things to consider before joining a risky early-stage venture.

79. 15 Secrets Every Job Seeker Needs to Know

There are a lot of things that job seekers need to know in order to be successful in their search. However, there are some secrets that can be even more helpful

80. Job Mobility Slows Amidst Recession Fears and Tech Layoffs

The Great Resignation might be waning among knowledge workers. Enter: The Great Disengagement.

81. Pass On with Care: How to Hand Over Your Work Before You Quit or Go on Holiday

When go on vacation or quit, you should ideally organize your work in a way that those who stay at work do not get lost in chaos. Here is a checklist for you

82. How to Work in Tech Without Technical Experience

Learn what are the best entry level IT jobs. I describe briefly what QA engineer, product owner, scrum master, UX/UI designer, CSM and technical writer do. It's

83. The Importance of Upskilling in Today's Digital Landscape: A Look at the Latest Trends

This is making it increasingly important for individuals to develop these skills if they want to remain competitive in the job market.

84. 10 Tips to Stay Healthy While Working Remotely

Maintaining a healthy work-life balance is also important for staying fit. When you're working from home, you can take breaks when you need to

85. 'Why Do You Want This Job?' How to Avoid the Interview Trap

Compared to other brain teaser questions, the relatively common "why do you want this job?" is the best one take advantage of if handled correctly.

86. A Remote Developer's Tips For Drafting An Attractive Resume

How powerful your resume is can determine whether your remote developer career soars high or nosedives. Remote developer resume tips below will help your resume

87. Remote Usability Testing Tools, Here's What to Look For

In this blog, you come to realize remote working usability checking out is a notable manner to check your product earlier than and after launch!

88. How to Give and Receive Feedback

Giving and receiving feedback is crucial to grow as a person, but it's not easy for everybody to take it. Here's an insight on the truth about feedback.

89. The Highest Paying Jobs in Cyber Security

Get the latest popular cyber jobs with the highest salaries in the world with a complete guide about them with the profile information

90. 7 Ways MSPs Can Manage a Remote Workforce

With issues like Great resignation coming into prominence MSPs need to create proper remote workforce management strategies to grow. Here’s how to do so.

91. How Modern Technology Reshapes the Way We Work

92. Don't Stop at Writing Code, Create Business Value

Knowing the business needs/problems can help engineers to grow faster. If you don’t know WHAT and WHY, you can’t think of HOW.

93. 10 Ways to Promote Wellness in the Workplace

I am sharing 10 practical ways to embrace mindfulness, focus on wellness, and maintain your mental well-being while in the office.

94. 4 Data Protection Tips for Remote Teams

With remote work becoming more popular, it is easier than ever for companies to have data stolen. Read here for 4 data protection tips for remote teams.

95. Top 7 Productivity Tips that can Boost your Performance

Productivity at work can make all the difference when trying to achieve your goals. Readout 7 productivity tips that anyone can implement to improve performanc

96. Five Lessons Learned After Five Years In The Workforce

The workforce is different from anything in education. Of all the differences here are five lessons learned after half a decade since the author's graduation.

97. The Quiet Quitting Trend and Why You Should Not Follow It

According to Blind, white-collar tech professionals have lost 100,826 jobs so far this year. Here is how you can avoid getting laid off this time.

98. Essential Email Security Tips Every Business Should Know

Protecting your email from cybersecurity threats and attacks is critical for organizations today more than ever.

99. Understanding Stock As a Component of Total Compensation

Stock options. Many employees of startups and corporations get to hear this term when their compensation is being discussed.

100. Sharing Is Caring: How to Combat Cybersecurity

It’s hard for CEOs to manage the growing threat of cybersecurity across their businesses, especially considering more pressing company concerns. That’s why some forward-thinking business leaders are establishing frameworks for shared cybersecurity responsibility. In the article, Tamas Kadar, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at SEON talks about the operational benefits of adopting this approach.

101. Technology or Strategy: How Is the Workplace Being Reimagined?

The traditional workspace is gradually changing to a remote workspace. But what is driving the transformation of remote workspaces, technology or strategy?

102. The Participate-to-Earn Business Model and How it Impacts Web3

Just how sustainable are play-to-earn and participate-to-earn business models in web3? What risks do they pose to users?

103. How Rampant is COVID in Amazon Warehouses?

COVID cases in Amazon warehouses continue to pile on, and workers say that the company is cutting down its COVID protocols.

104. Omnipresent Requests That All Employees Return to the Office: The Best April Fools Prank Ever?

What would you do if your employer suddenly announced that everyone needed to work from the office? Just kidding, it's just a really good joke.

105. When Things Go Wrong, What Happens to Total Compensation?

There is an agreement that if you do your job properly, you will be compensated for it. But what happens to total compensation when things go badly wrong?

106. How to Measure Productivity as a Developer

How can development productivity be measured? And should it be measured at all? This story explores some key ideas behind this controversial topic.

107. Re: Sam Altman's American Equity

Alternative to Wage-Capitalism: 100% Commission on your earnings, but you bid at Vickrey auction to rent the capital.

108. What Will the Gig Economy be like in 2022?

Any sort of work that doesn't really need an everyday occupation is viewed as a Gig Economy.

109. Why Launching a New Project with a Remote Team Is a Good Idea

Having a remote team in the project will lower expenses and make hiring easier. It will lead to many operational challenges too. Let's see how to address them.

110. 5 Things I’ve Learnt From Working at Web3 Startups

Funded by VCs, the promise of remote work and lots and lots of networking parties- sounds like quite a dream right? Kinda. But also not really.

111. 10 Ways to Prevent Burnout While Working From Home

While working from home has many benefits, it also has the potential for certain drawbacks. Burnout is a serious risk while working from home.

112. How Effective Tech Can Reduce Employee Downtime and Attrition

In our rapidly evolving work-from-anywhere world, employee downtime and productivity are rising concerns.

113. The Noonification: GPT-3 in Your Pocket? Why Not! (1/26/2023)

1/26/2023: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

114. Reducing the Software Development Industry's Reliance on Recruiters

How did recruiters get such a strong hold on the software development industry, and what can we do to reduce our dependence upon them?

115. Team Retreats are Becoming Essential for Remote Tech Companies

Why team retreats are becoming essential when working remotely: TeamOut founder Thomas Mazimann

116. Can Tech Combat Remote Work Burnout?

With the advent of remote and hybrid work, one thing many employees and companies are trying to overcome is employee burnout. Is technology the solution?

117. How to Deal With Accusations in the Workplace

Employee deceit comes as a serious stun, especially when you put time and cost in offering comfort and direction during the employer and employee business relationship. The double-crossing can be destroying both by and by and inside the setting of organization resources. At the point when charges of employee deceptive nature surface, make quick move to decide the veracity of the cases and the degree of misfortunes the organization may endure. In any case, don't come to untimely end results until a full work environment investigation is finished.

118. The Future Of Work Is Here: How Slack Is Revolutionizing the Virtual Office!

Know how Slack is revolutionizing the future of work and helping to improve the productivity of employees.

119. What Does Total Compensation Really Mean?

It is common to think of compensation purely as salary – money you get paid for the work you do. But many people get compensated with more than just salary.

120. Building Efficient Engineering Cultures with UX Design Principles

How to apply UX design principles to develop supportive and efficient engineering cultures

121. 7 Ways to Promote Sustainability in the Workplace

We want to work, live, and play in a way that isn’t going to cost us the planet and, where possible, can potentially restore nature to what it once was.

122. 4 Ways to Introduce New Technology to Work

Every day, there are new tools that come into the market to make us more productive. More so since the global pandemic took hold.

123. You, Work, Input, Output and Value; A Complex Relationship

You determine your VALUE

124. How to Foster Belonging at Your Nonprofit

There are many ways to approach fostering a culture of belonging in the workplace, and affinity groups are a great place to start.

125. Did You Quit Your Job to Face an Even Worse Boss?

The science behind becoming your own personal tyrant

126. Automation Isn’t Really a Bad Thing for Employees

Learn more about automation, its role in today’s workforce and whether it will have positive or negative implications for American workers.

127. How Dangerous Is It to Be Gig Worker?

How dangerous is it to be a gig worker in America?

128. Communications During COVID-19 and Other Disasters

I started this blog post on disaster communications initially in response to the wildfires in Australia and earthquakes in Puerto Rico (seems a lifetime ago doesn't it?). But, of course, we're now also thinking about the COVID-19 global pandemic, which, like a disaster, is displacing people from their normal ways of operating.

129. How to Stop Micromanaging Remote Workers

With the adoption of remote work by a greater percentage of the workforce post-pandemic, most companies face issues that were not necessarily present before now

130. What “The Future of Work” Means For Jobseekers

Here's what to understand about the "future of work" particularly for jobseekers.

131. Installing a Developer Workstation from Scratch

How to automate the installation of a developer workstation, keeping it quick, maintainable and easy learn

132. One Hour of "Effective" Freelance Work is Worth 3 Hours in a 9-5 Job

One effective freelance working hour is worth two or three regular 9-to-5 working hours.

133. Crucial Steps Towards Effective Problem Solving In The Workplace

Every business - and everyone - encounters problems, whether it's too few customers, a product now working, or a team not functioning as it should.

134. The Best Software HR Can Use in the Workplace to Reduce Workload

This article will discuss five of the best tools HR professionals can use to make their lives easier. Workday, Bamboo HR, Zenefits, and Infor are just a few of the software solutions available. These tools help HR professionals and business users optimize workflow processes and provide a consistent experience across platforms. Let's take a look at each one in turn. Which of these tools will you need to use?

135. Forget Story Points and Use this Instead

After decades of using story points estimations, we see its limitations. It ignores the human factor.

136. What is Attention Residue and Why is It Your Worst Enemy?

The keyboard is on fire, you're typing so fast. But a thought suddenly occurs to you: what about those concert tickets you forgot to buy last night?

137. The Lost Childhood of Teenage Workers

For about a year, I’d been hearing that more Guatemalan immigrants were showing up on factory floors, and that among them were teenagers who worked overnight.

138. 5 Tips for Negotiating Your Compensation

Getting paid what you are worth can be a challenge, especially if you don’t know your worth.

139. 4 Ways HR Overcomes Work Challenges

Here are 4 ways that an HR department can help overcome challenges in the workplace that hold back many businesses that do not have such facilities available.

140. Exploring the Art of Creativity

Creativity is also more art than science, so we need plenty of time to experiment and fine-tune our experiences.

141. Over 50 U.S. Gig Workers Murdered on the Job in the Past Five Years

A new study says more than 50 gig workers have been murdered in the U.S. over the past five years.

142. This Company Got a Huge Loan and Then Moved Its Plant to Another Country

Nevertheless, the plant’s managers announced that all production would move to FreightCar’s new facility in Mexico...

143. How We Can Get Young Students Interested in STEM Careers

For many students, STEM careers may feel like they’re reserved for overachievers and math aficionados. However, for those who have actually pursued careers in STEM, it quickly becomes clear that the field is broad and filled with a wide variety of jobs to pursue.

144. How to Sustain Telehealth Success

Telehealth has taken the medical industry by storm since COVID-19 began. The pandemic might be winding down, but telehealth is here to stay for the future.

145. What Does the Future Hold for Nonprofit Workspaces?

How will nonprofit workspaces be like in the future?

146. How to Maintain Productivity with a Flexible Work Schedule

Increased productivity and greater employee satisfaction are the key benefits of flexible working hours for employers.

147. How Augmented Reality Is Transforming Workplace Training

This article explores the potential benefits of augmented reality (AR) in workplace training. AR provides a more engaging and practical learning experience.

148. Will 2020 Be The Year You Finally Quit Your Job?

Every year, every month, every day — I kept telling myself that I will, one day, follow my dreams. This is the story of how I finally took action and quit my job.

My job was just another regular corporate job at a decent company. However, I always felt that there was so much more I could do. The daily commutes, the pointless meetings, the high pressure projects drained my energy, my soul, my body and mostly, my mind. In addition to this, over the course of the last few years, I dealt with bullying, dealt with aggressive co-workers, with unrealistic deadlines, under-appreciation of hard work. I overcame each challenge and towards the end of 2019, I started seriously contemplating how I was living life.