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**MIAMI, Florida, November 21st, 2024/CyberNewsWire/--**Halo Security, a leader in external attack surface management and penetration testing, has announced the launch of its new Slack® app, empowering cybersecurity teams to receive real-time alerts on newly discovered assets, vulnerabilities, and other essential security updates directly within the Slack collaboration software. This new integration allows Halo Security’s customers to seamlessly incorporate important security notifications into their existing Slack workflows, improving response time and enhancing collaboration across security and IT teams. Previously, Halo Security offered Slack alerts through a Zapier integration, but this new, direct integration delivers a more streamlined experience, giving customers greater control with minimal configuration. Halo Security’s platform offers comprehensive external attack surface management, encompassing asset discovery, risk and vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing in a single, user-friendly dashboard. Built by a team of experienced penetration testers, security engineers, and reformed hackers, Halo Security provides organizations with an attacker’s perspective to help identify and address vulnerabilities. With the new Slack integration, customers are notified as soon as new issues and vulnerabilities are detected, unknown assets or open ports are discovered, and new technologies appear on their websites, helping teams stay ahead of emerging threats without being overwhelmed by irrelevant alerts. “Organizations need real-time, customized alerts for emerging security threats, but too many notifications can lead to alert fatigue,” said Ben Tyler, CTO of Halo Security. “Our direct Slack integration is easily configurable, giving customers precise control over which alerts they receive and allowing them to focus on the most critical issues directly within their existing workflows." How to Get Started with Halo Security’s Slack Integration Halo Security customers can activate the Slack app today directly from their accounts. New users interested in trying the Halo Security platform can sign up for a 7-day free trial at halosecurity.com. About Halo Security Halo Security is a comprehensive external attack surface management platform that provides asset discovery, risk assessment, and penetration testing in a single, easy-to-use dashboard. Founded by cybersecurity experts with backgrounds at McAfee, Intel, Kenna Security, OneLogin, and WhiteHat Security, Halo Security delivers a unique attacker-based approach to help organizations safeguard against potential threats. Users can learn more at halosecurity.com. Slack is a registered trademark and service mark of Slack Technologies, Inc. Contact VP of Marketing Nicholas Hemenway Halo Security nick@halosecurity.com This story was distributed as a release by Cybernewswire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here **MIAMI, Florida, November 21st, 2024/CyberNewsWire/--**Halo Security, a leader in external attack surface management and penetration testing, has announced the launch of its new Slack® app, empowering cybersecurity teams to receive real-time alerts on newly discovered assets, vulnerabilities, and other essential security updates directly within the Slack collaboration software. This new integration allows Halo Security’s customers to seamlessly incorporate important security notifications into their existing Slack workflows, improving response time and enhancing collaboration across security and IT teams. Previously, Halo Security offered Slack alerts through a Zapier integration, but this new, direct integration delivers a more streamlined experience, giving customers greater control with minimal configuration. Halo Security’s platform offers comprehensive external attack surface management, encompassing asset discovery, risk and vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing in a single, user-friendly dashboard. Built by a team of experienced penetration testers, security engineers, and reformed hackers, Halo Security provides organizations with an attacker’s perspective to help identify and address vulnerabilities. With the new Slack integration, customers are notified as soon as new issues and vulnerabilities are detected, unknown assets or open ports are discovered, and new technologies appear on their websites, helping teams stay ahead of emerging threats without being overwhelmed by irrelevant alerts. “Organizations need real-time, customized alerts for emerging security threats, but too many notifications can lead to alert fatigue,” said Ben Tyler, CTO of Halo Security. “Our direct Slack integration is easily configurable, giving customers precise control over which alerts they receive and allowing them to focus on the most critical issues directly within their existing workflows." “Organizations need real-time, customized alerts for emerging security threats, but too many notifications can lead to alert fatigue,” said Ben Tyler, CTO of Halo Security. “Our direct Slack integration is easily configurable, giving customers precise control over which alerts they receive and allowing them to focus on the most critical issues directly within their existing workflows." How to Get Started with Halo Security’s Slack Integration Halo Security customers can activate the Slack app today directly from their accounts. New users interested in trying the Halo Security platform can sign up for a 7-day free trial at halosecurity.com . halosecurity.com halosecurity.com About Halo Security Halo Security is a comprehensive external attack surface management platform that provides asset discovery, risk assessment, and penetration testing in a single, easy-to-use dashboard. Founded by cybersecurity experts with backgrounds at McAfee, Intel, Kenna Security, OneLogin, and WhiteHat Security, Halo Security delivers a unique attacker-based approach to help organizations safeguard against potential threats. Users can learn more at halosecurity.com . Slack is a registered trademark and service mark of Slack Technologies, Inc. Halo Security Halo Security halosecurity.com halosecurity.com Contact VP of Marketing Nicholas Hemenway Halo Security nick@halosecurity.com This story was distributed as a release by Cybernewswire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here This story was distributed as a release by Cybernewswire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here here here

Halo Security Launches Slack Integration For Real-Time Alerts On New Assets And Vulnerabilities

Halo Security, yeni aktivlər və zəifliklər haqqında real vaxt siqnalları üçün Slack inteqrasiyasını işə salır

Halo Security lanza la integración de Slack para alertas en tiempo real sobre nuevos activos y vulnerabilidades

Halo Security が Slack 統合を開始し、新たな資産や脆弱性に関するリアルタイムアラートを提供

Halo Security, 새로운 자산 및 취약점에 대한 실시간 알림을 위한 Slack 통합 출시

„Halo Security“ pradeda lėtą integraciją, kad realiuoju laiku būtų pranešama apie naujus išteklius ir pažeidžiamumą

Halo Security Melancarkan Integrasi Slack Untuk Makluman Masa Nyata Mengenai Aset dan Kerentanan Baharu

Halo Security lanceert Slack-integratie voor realtime waarschuwingen over nieuwe activa en kwetsbaarheden

Halo Security lansează integrarea Slack pentru alerte în timp real privind noile active și vulnerabilități

Halo Security запускает интеграцию со Slack для оповещений в реальном времени о новых активах и уязвимостях

Halo Security интегратсияи сустро барои огоҳиҳои вақти воқеӣ дар бораи дороиҳо ва осебпазириҳои нав оғоз мекунад

“Halo Security” täze aktiwlere we gowşak taraplara hakyky wagt duýduryşlary üçin haýal integrasiýa başlaýar

Ukhuseleko lweHalo luzisa uDityaniso lweSlack lwezilumkiso zeXesha lokwenyani kwii-asethi ezitsha kunye nokuba semngciphekweni

Gamification and the future of culture. Memecoins are cryptocurrency tokens inspired by internet memes. By now, you’ve probably heard of $DOGE coin, the first-ever memecoin launched in 2013 as a joke about Bitcoin. Billy Markus, the co-creator of Doge, sold his holdings for a modest $10,000. Today, the market cap of DOGE is $52 billion. If Billy had held onto his DOGE coins, they’d be worth almost $20 million today. Dare I say, memecoins are here to stay. There are probably hundreds of thousands of unique memecoins in existence today — some have gone to zero, others are dormant, some are still in flux, and a few are seeing steady growth. I have done freelance work in the crypto industry since 2018, but I never fully ventured into memecoins. I thought Bitcoin, a more established cryptocurrency, was volatile enough. When you’re just getting used to the concept of volatile markets and digital, invisible money, diving into something even less established, more volatile, and based on a meme seemed reckless. Why invest in a joke? At the time, it all seemed shady. It took me a few years to truly understand the appeal of memecoins. The surge in Bitcoin that followed Donald Trump’s win in the 2024 presidential election gave me perspective. BTC hit $67,000 on November 5th, 2024. After Trump, a self-proclaimed pro-Bitcoin president, was declared the winner, the price shot up over 39%, currently sitting at $94,000. This is an insane amount of growth — a new all-time high for Bitcoin. As the crypto surge unfolded, I noticed that memecoins were surging alongside Bitcoin. Google trends for crypto-related searches were going up, and people were claiming massive 300x returns on memecoin investments — truly life-changing money. The prices of these alternative coins are incredibly volatile. For example, take $PNUT, which is based on an internet-famous squirrel that was confiscated and euthanized by the New York government. Its price has shot up 1692% since November 4th, after Elon Musk tweeted about the late squirrel, saying, “America was saved by a squirrel and a meme coin!” Of course, the tweet boosted the price even further. I decided to buy some Solana since many memecoins use the Solana blockchain due to its fast transaction speeds. Hundreds of coins are created every minute on the Solana ecosystem. You can easily and quickly send and receive Solana to buy many popular and rising memecoins. I traded, made some money, and lost some too. But I learned something that, perhaps, many already in the trenches of memecoin trading have long known: there is an insane amount of money to be made very quickly with memecoins — along with a ton of risk. Trading these tokens so quickly, tokens that are so widely volatile, is essentially a game. It’s a competition between those with insider knowledge, those without, the holders with the most assets, chart analysts who can buy or sell at the right time, those with proper exit strategies, those using bots and AI to immediately purchase new tokens upon launch, and those who can tell which memes are here to stay and which are fleeting. Memecoin trading is, at its core, about trading memetic culture. To me, this is the future of gaming and finance — an intersection that will be the bedrock of Web3, the future of the internet. Blockchain technology allows for instant transactions and trading of digital assets. This opens up the possibility for the auctioning and trading of in-game assets. I believe that Artificial intelligence will serve as the automation layer to facilitate the development of assets and process transactions. AI will make scouting for tradable items intelligent and efficient — essentially gamifying economics. Gaming will be the activity, AI will be the processing mechanism, and together they will bridge the gap to massive cryptocurrency adoption. In the future, assets and money will be tokenized, and blockchain will facilitate the movement of massive amounts of data, making NFTs more accessible. Gaming is key because people already collect digital assets in video games. If these in-game assets could be traded for currency or used to bid on other tangible and digital items, we’d see a more rapid flow of money throughout the industry and some incredible “gamer to investor” stories. What we’re seeing now are the foundational elements of a world similar to Ready Player One (2018), where the line between the digital and real world is blurred. The world is increasingly gamified. What will this mean for the future? How will people understand culture when trading culture is the future? This is not financial advice, but I urge you to research memecoins and cryptocurrency. The world is being digitized as we speak. I believe the players need to invest and the investors need to play. Is it crazy that we may be witnessing a collision of the serious and the unserious, the comedy meme and the business world? Could this explain the relaxed attire of business moguls due to the influence of tech industry CEOs? Will high fashion and sartorial works be that of memes? Will everything of timelessness become a meme? Is becoming meme the mummification of great ideas? Editor’s note: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Cryptocurrencies are speculative, complex, and involve high risks. This can mean high prices volatility and potential loss of your initial investment. You should consider your financial situation, investment purposes, and consult with a financial advisor before making any investment decisions. The HackerNoon editorial team has only verified the story for grammatical accuracy and does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the information stated in this article. #DYOR Gamification and the future of culture. Memecoins are cryptocurrency tokens inspired by internet memes. By now, you’ve probably heard of $DOGE coin, the first-ever memecoin launched in 2013 as a joke about Bitcoin. Billy Markus, the co-creator of Doge, sold his holdings for a modest $10,000. Today, the market cap of DOGE is $52 billion. If Billy had held onto his DOGE coins, they’d be worth almost $20 million today. $DOGE Dare I say, memecoins are here to stay. There are probably hundreds of thousands of unique memecoins in existence today — some have gone to zero, others are dormant, some are still in flux, and a few are seeing steady growth. I have done freelance work in the crypto industry since 2018, but I never fully ventured into memecoins. I thought Bitcoin, a more established cryptocurrency, was volatile enough. When you’re just getting used to the concept of volatile markets and digital, invisible money, diving into something even less established, more volatile, and based on a meme seemed reckless. Why invest in a joke? At the time, it all seemed shady. It took me a few years to truly understand the appeal of memecoins. The surge in Bitcoin that followed Donald Trump’s win in the 2024 presidential election gave me perspective. BTC hit $67,000 on November 5th, 2024. After Trump, a self-proclaimed pro-Bitcoin president, was declared the winner, the price shot up over 39%, currently sitting at $94,000. This is an insane amount of growth — a new all-time high for Bitcoin. As the crypto surge unfolded, I noticed that memecoins were surging alongside Bitcoin. Google trends for crypto-related searches were going up, and people were claiming massive 300x returns on memecoin investments — truly life-changing money. The prices of these alternative coins are incredibly volatile. For example, take $PNUT , which is based on an internet-famous squirrel that was confiscated and euthanized by the New York government. Its price has shot up 1692% since November 4th, after Elon Musk tweeted about the late squirrel, saying, “America was saved by a squirrel and a meme coin!” Of course, the tweet boosted the price even further. $PNUT I decided to buy some Solana since many memecoins use the Solana blockchain due to its fast transaction speeds. Hundreds of coins are created every minute on the Solana ecosystem. You can easily and quickly send and receive Solana to buy many popular and rising memecoins. I traded, made some money, and lost some too. But I learned something that, perhaps, many already in the trenches of memecoin trading have long known: there is an insane amount of money to be made very quickly with memecoins — along with a ton of risk. Trading these tokens so quickly, tokens that are so widely volatile, is essentially a game. It’s a competition between those with insider knowledge, those without, the holders with the most assets, chart analysts who can buy or sell at the right time, those with proper exit strategies, those using bots and AI to immediately purchase new tokens upon launch, and those who can tell which memes are here to stay and which are fleeting. Memecoin trading is, at its core, about trading memetic culture. To me, this is the future of gaming and finance — an intersection that will be the bedrock of Web3, the future of the internet. Blockchain technology allows for instant transactions and trading of digital assets. This opens up the possibility for the auctioning and trading of in-game assets. I believe that Artificial intelligence will serve as the automation layer to facilitate the development of assets and process transactions. AI will make scouting for tradable items intelligent and efficient — essentially gamifying economics. Gaming will be the activity, AI will be the processing mechanism, and together they will bridge the gap to massive cryptocurrency adoption. In the future, assets and money will be tokenized, and blockchain will facilitate the movement of massive amounts of data, making NFTs more accessible. Gaming is key because people already collect digital assets in video games. If these in-game assets could be traded for currency or used to bid on other tangible and digital items, we’d see a more rapid flow of money throughout the industry and some incredible “gamer to investor” stories. What we’re seeing now are the foundational elements of a world similar to Ready Player One (2018), where the line between the digital and real world is blurred. The world is increasingly gamified. What will this mean for the future? How will people understand culture when trading culture is the future? Ready Player One This is not financial advice, but I urge you to research memecoins and cryptocurrency. The world is being digitized as we speak. I believe the players need to invest and the investors need to play. Is it crazy that we may be witnessing a collision of the serious and the unserious, the comedy meme and the business world? Could this explain the relaxed attire of business moguls due to the influence of tech industry CEOs? Will high fashion and sartorial works be that of memes? Will everything of timelessness become a meme? Is becoming meme the mummification of great ideas? Editor’s note: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Cryptocurrencies are speculative, complex, and involve high risks. This can mean high prices volatility and potential loss of your initial investment. You should consider your financial situation, investment purposes, and consult with a financial advisor before making any investment decisions. The HackerNoon editorial team has only verified the story for grammatical accuracy and does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the information stated in this article. #DYOR Editor’s note: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Cryptocurrencies are speculative, complex, and involve high risks. This can mean high prices volatility and potential loss of your initial investment. You should consider your financial situation, investment purposes, and consult with a financial advisor before making any investment decisions. The HackerNoon editorial team has only verified the story for grammatical accuracy and does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the information stated in this article. #DYOR Editor’s note: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Cryptocurrencies are speculative, complex, and involve high risks. This can mean high prices volatility and potential loss of your initial investment. You should consider your financial situation, investment purposes, and consult with a financial advisor before making any investment decisions. The HackerNoon editorial team has only verified the story for grammatical accuracy and does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the information stated in this article. #DYOR

Memecoins May Be Giving Birth to a Future Where The Lines Between Digital and Real Are Blurred

Authors:
(1) Guillaume Staerman, INRIA, CEA, Univ. Paris-Saclay, France;
(2) Marta Campi, CERIAH, Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur, France;
(3) Gareth W. Peters, Department of Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California Santa Barbara, USA. Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Background & Preliminaries 2.1. Functional Isolation Forest 2.2. The Signature Method 3. Signature Isolation Forest Method 4. Numerical Experiments 4.1. Parameters Sensitivity Analysis 4.2. Advantages of (K-)SIF over FIF 4.3. Real-data Anomaly Detection Benchmark 5. Discussion & Conclusion, Impact Statements, and References Appendix A. Additional Information About the Signature B. K-SIF and SIF Algorithms C. Additional Numerical Experiments 4.3. Real-data Anomaly Detection Benchmark To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed (K-)SIF algorithms and provide a comparison with FIF, we perform a comparative analysis using ten anomaly detection datasets constructed in Staerman et al. (2019) and sourced from the UCR repository (Chen et al., 2015). In contrast to Staerman et al. (2019), we do not use a training/test part since the labels are not used for the training and train and evaluate models on the training data only. We evaluate the algorithms’ performance by quantifying the AUC under the ROC curves. On one hand, Figure 4 illustrates the performance disparity between FIF and K-SIF using the Brownian dictionary. Notably, K-SIF exhibits a significant performance advantage over FIF. This observation underscores the effectiveness of the signature kernel in improving FIF’s performance across most datasets, emphasizing the advantages of utilizing it over a simple inner product. On the other hand, considering the intricacy of functional data, no unique method is expected to outperform others universally. However, SIF demonstrates strong performance in most cases, achieving the best results for five datasets. In contrast to FIF and K-SIF, it shows robustness to the variety of datasets while not being drastically affected by the choice of the parameters involved in FIF (dictionary and inner product) and K-SIF (dictionary). This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY 4.0 DEED license. Authors: (1) Guillaume Staerman, INRIA, CEA, Univ. Paris-Saclay, France; (2) Marta Campi, CERIAH, Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur, France; (3) Gareth W. Peters, Department of Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California Santa Barbara, USA. Authors: Authors: (1) Guillaume Staerman, INRIA, CEA, Univ. Paris-Saclay, France; (2) Marta Campi, CERIAH, Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur, France; (3) Gareth W. Peters, Department of Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California Santa Barbara, USA. Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Background & Preliminaries 2. Background & Preliminaries 2.1. Functional Isolation Forest 2.1. Functional Isolation Forest 2.2. The Signature Method 2.2. The Signature Method 3. Signature Isolation Forest Method 3. Signature Isolation Forest Method 4. Numerical Experiments 4. Numerical Experiments 4.1. Parameters Sensitivity Analysis 4.1. Parameters Sensitivity Analysis 4.2. Advantages of (K-)SIF over FIF 4.2. Advantages of (K-)SIF over FIF 4.3. Real-data Anomaly Detection Benchmark 4.3. Real-data Anomaly Detection Benchmark 5. Discussion & Conclusion, Impact Statements, and References 5. Discussion & Conclusion, Impact Statements, and References Appendix A. Additional Information About the Signature A. Additional Information About the Signature B. K-SIF and SIF Algorithms B. K-SIF and SIF Algorithms C. Additional Numerical Experiments C. Additional Numerical Experiments 4.3. Real-data Anomaly Detection Benchmark To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed (K-)SIF algorithms and provide a comparison with FIF, we perform a comparative analysis using ten anomaly detection datasets constructed in Staerman et al. (2019) and sourced from the UCR repository (Chen et al., 2015). In contrast to Staerman et al. (2019), we do not use a training/test part since the labels are not used for the training and train and evaluate models on the training data only. We evaluate the algorithms’ performance by quantifying the AUC under the ROC curves. On one hand, Figure 4 illustrates the performance disparity between FIF and K-SIF using the Brownian dictionary. Notably, K-SIF exhibits a significant performance advantage over FIF. This observation underscores the effectiveness of the signature kernel in improving FIF’s performance across most datasets, emphasizing the advantages of utilizing it over a simple inner product. On the other hand, considering the intricacy of functional data, no unique method is expected to outperform others universally. However, SIF demonstrates strong performance in most cases, achieving the best results for five datasets. In contrast to FIF and K-SIF, it shows robustness to the variety of datasets while not being drastically affected by the choice of the parameters involved in FIF (dictionary and inner product) and K-SIF (dictionary). This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY 4.0 DEED license. This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY 4.0 DEED license. available on arxiv

How (K-)SIF Outperforms FIF in Real-Data Anomaly Detection

Hoe (K-)SIF beter as FIF presteer in Real-Data Anomalie Detection

كيف يتفوق (K-)SIF على FIF في اكتشاف الشذوذ في البيانات الحقيقية

Wie (K-)SIF FIF bei der Erkennung von Anomalien in Echtdaten übertrifft

Cómo (K-)SIF supera a FIF en la detección de anomalías de datos reales

実データ異常検出において (K-)SIF が FIF を上回る理由

Hoe (K-)SIF FIF overtreft bij het detecteren van anomalieën in echte data

Imaynatataq (K-)SIF FIFmanta aswan allinta ruwan Chiqa-Dato Anomalía Detección nisqapi

Cum (K-)SIF depășește FIF în detectarea anomaliilor de date reale

Si (K-)SIF tejkalon FIF në zbulimin e anomalive të të dhënave reale

Како (К-)СИФ надмашује ФИФ у откривању аномалија у реалним подацима

Чӣ тавр (K-)SIF дар ошкоркунии аномалияи воқеии маълумот аз FIF бартарӣ дорад

(K-)SIF vượt trội hơn FIF như thế nào trong việc phát hiện dị thường dữ liệu thực

Nowadays, more companies are looking to open a software development center offshore as a part of their primary structure. This might come as a desire to cut costs, establish a follow-the-sun approach, or attract talents they cannot find in their country of origin. If you google, there will be tons of advertisements promoting companies that can build an offshore development center for you with guarantees, best results and all you can imagine out of the box service. Sounds like a great deal. With office-ready and coffee machines hot, you can sign an agreement and get fully functional cross-functional teams in two weeks. It does work for some, but most likely, you will need something else. Yes, all the frameworks and previous experiences are there to help you succeed, but many challenges are still on the horizon. Moreover, depending on your goals, you might look in a different direction than everyone else. We have observed some challenges companies face while establishing an offshore development presence. Let’s look at the key challenges you must know while scaling your capability. Reporting structure Your new office will be a separate legal entity with all that comes from that combination. They will have a different line management structure and laws and policies. What has worked for you before in your primary area may not work there, especially if the region you are expanding to has different cultural, language and behavioural patterns. You might be lucky and able to embrace correct behaviours from the beginning. Still, most likely, you will end up in a situation where the reporting that has been established there does not correspond to what you are interested in locally. They will be looking at different goals and care about various things. It is okay for the local teams to pursue their desires to start as soon as possible, but you must ensure that you are aligned with what matters at some points. Outsourcing or team building If you are going to regions which have traditionally been built in an outsourcing manner - think about Argentina, India, Nigeria, Philippines, Ukraine. So you have to stay firm on what you are trying to achieve. Essentially, there are two models you might be interested in: Outsourcing You share requirements with some sort of manager, they share it with the team, the team deliver value, you pay money, and that’s it. It works for some, especially if the requirements are well known, you do not have any extravagant requests, and what you are trying to achieve has been done before. In some domains, this works, especially if the main goal is just to make work happen. We believe that if you are reading this article, you have understood that to truly uncover the joy of unique thoughts, creativity, and team collaboration that can uncover unknown results, you must let people work out of the box. You will not succeed for this purpose, cutting them from all the communication and speaking only to managers who will deliver your requirements to the team. You need to build the same structure you have built onshore - cross-functional, self-managing and independent teams. Team building When it comes to building teams that can perform to their best - values matter, ways of working matter, and social contracts matter. None of this would be possible if the local leadership understood the assignment wrong. If the people you are hiring have been working in an outsourcing manner for ages - you are doomed to fail because there is no way it is going to work. Local managers will establish a dictatorship, measure some absurd metrics and care only about reporting good metrics. You have to stay firm on your position. It will be painful, hard to find the right people, and super slow, but all ink some time to establish the culture you have had locally - why would you think it will be faster now? Make them hybrid Covid has changed how we work; many teams are now distributed around the globe, and people are working together who perhaps have never seen each other in person. This means there are plenty of possibilities to pair up people who are apart many thousand miles away and can collaborate and share thoughts and values. When onboarding new teams, especially in huge chunks from the new region, make sure you are not closing them in clusters where they have a limited view of what is happening outside the main office. The way to make it much easier is when you have a hybrid team, and the true habits established for a long time are shared properly. Pair them up with experienced colleagues who know what, how and why you are building and even their presence will help steering in the right direction. Define what you measure We have discussed metrics before, and it is sometimes hard to understand the right thing to measure. There will be plenty of possibilities to understand what is wrong, but before you start, you must set the right expectations for the people, management, and the whole new structure. If you miss one of the three - they will be established locally, and considering all the challenges we have already discussed - that could take an unpredictable turn. Provide correct framework, limit wrong behaviours and, of course, stable check-ins. All basic stuff is understood, but you will be tempted not to do that because you have some barriers. It is good to start with Evidence-based management, not only for your offshore teams but also for the local ones. We have covered this topic in articles and recommend starting from https://hackernoon.com/evidence-based-management-in-business-will-it-make-a-difference. We believe that setting up an offshore development centre brings benefits in terms of cost, terms, effectiveness and resilience. However, setting up the structure correctly and getting the basics right is crucial. What are the key bits to consider when onboarding offshore development capability? Share your thoughts in the comments. Editor’s note: this story represents the views of the author. Any reference to “we” in this article is meant to signify the author’s point of view, and not HackerNoon’s. Nowadays, more companies are looking to open a software development center offshore as a part of their primary structure. This might come as a desire to cut costs, establish a follow-the-sun approach, or attract talents they cannot find in their country of origin. If you google, there will be tons of advertisements promoting companies that can build an offshore development center for you with guarantees, best results and all you can imagine out of the box service. Sounds like a great deal. With office-ready and coffee machines hot, you can sign an agreement and get fully functional cross-functional teams in two weeks. It does work for some, but most likely, you will need something else. Yes, all the frameworks and previous experiences are there to help you succeed, but many challenges are still on the horizon. Moreover, depending on your goals, you might look in a different direction than everyone else. We have observed some challenges companies face while establishing an offshore development presence. Let’s look at the key challenges you must know while scaling your capability. Reporting structure Your new office will be a separate legal entity with all that comes from that combination. They will have a different line management structure and laws and policies. What has worked for you before in your primary area may not work there, especially if the region you are expanding to has different cultural, language and behavioural patterns. You might be lucky and able to embrace correct behaviours from the beginning. Still, most likely, you will end up in a situation where the reporting that has been established there does not correspond to what you are interested in locally. They will be looking at different goals and care about various things. It is okay for the local teams to pursue their desires to start as soon as possible, but you must ensure that you are aligned with what matters at some points. Outsourcing or team building If you are going to regions which have traditionally been built in an outsourcing manner - think about Argentina, India, Nigeria, Philippines, Ukraine. So you have to stay firm on what you are trying to achieve. Essentially, there are two models you might be interested in: Outsourcing You share requirements with some sort of manager, they share it with the team, the team deliver value, you pay money, and that’s it. It works for some, especially if the requirements are well known, you do not have any extravagant requests, and what you are trying to achieve has been done before. In some domains, this works, especially if the main goal is just to make work happen. We believe that if you are reading this article, you have understood that to truly uncover the joy of unique thoughts, creativity, and team collaboration that can uncover unknown results, you must let people work out of the box. You will not succeed for this purpose, cutting them from all the communication and speaking only to managers who will deliver your requirements to the team. You need to build the same structure you have built onshore - cross-functional, self-managing and independent teams. Team building When it comes to building teams that can perform to their best - values matter, ways of working matter, and social contracts matter. None of this would be possible if the local leadership understood the assignment wrong. If the people you are hiring have been working in an outsourcing manner for ages - you are doomed to fail because there is no way it is going to work. Local managers will establish a dictatorship, measure some absurd metrics and care only about reporting good metrics. You have to stay firm on your position. It will be painful, hard to find the right people, and super slow, but all ink some time to establish the culture you have had locally - why would you think it will be faster now? Make them hybrid Covid has changed how we work; many teams are now distributed around the globe, and people are working together who perhaps have never seen each other in person. This means there are plenty of possibilities to pair up people who are apart many thousand miles away and can collaborate and share thoughts and values. When onboarding new teams, especially in huge chunks from the new region, make sure you are not closing them in clusters where they have a limited view of what is happening outside the main office. The way to make it much easier is when you have a hybrid team, and the true habits established for a long time are shared properly. Pair them up with experienced colleagues who know what, how and why you are building and even their presence will help steering in the right direction. Define what you measure We have discussed metrics before, and it is sometimes hard to understand the right thing to measure. There will be plenty of possibilities to understand what is wrong, but before you start, you must set the right expectations for the people, management, and the whole new structure. If you miss one of the three - they will be established locally, and considering all the challenges we have already discussed - that could take an unpredictable turn. Provide correct framework, limit wrong behaviours and, of course, stable check-ins. All basic stuff is understood, but you will be tempted not to do that because you have some barriers. It is good to start with Evidence-based management, not only for your offshore teams but also for the local ones. We have covered this topic in articles and recommend starting from https://hackernoon.com/evidence-based-management-in-business-will-it-make-a-difference . https://hackernoon.com/evidence-based-management-in-business-will-it-make-a-difference We believe that setting up an offshore development centre brings benefits in terms of cost, terms, effectiveness and resilience. However, setting up the structure correctly and getting the basics right is crucial. What are the key bits to consider when onboarding offshore development capability? Share your thoughts in the comments. We believe that setting up an offshore development centre brings benefits in terms of cost, terms, effectiveness and resilience. However, setting up the structure correctly and getting the basics right is crucial. What are the key bits to consider when onboarding offshore development capability? Share your thoughts in the comments. Editor’s note: this story represents the views of the author. Any reference to “we” in this article is meant to signify the author’s point of view, and not HackerNoon’s. Editor’s note: this story represents the views of the author. Any reference to “we” in this article is meant to signify the author’s point of view, and not HackerNoon’s.

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By a 20-year CodeProject member and Former MVP As a developer who’s been part of the CodeProject.com community for over two decades, the idea of its closure feels like a shock. For years, this site has been a haven for developers, with thousands of phototype code projects ready for download, coming with authors' own advice on how to use it. I became a member of CodeProject.com back in the early 2000s. It was on CodeProject that I discovered a treasure trove of knowledge, downloading over years of 100+ code projects to kickstart my own work. Some of the downloaded projects put me right on the proper path and evolved over time into very successful projects. I owe much of my professional growth to this platform. I would estimate over time, I’ve read over 1,000 articles—some deeply technical, others inspiring—that helped me solve problems, discover new tools, and increase my level of knowledge. Now, as rumors circulate about the potential shutdown of CodeProject, I am trying to understand why it’s struggling to survive in an era when tech giants dominate the stock market. CodeProject Mattered Because of Articles of Decent Quality Unlike today’s platforms, where quick answers and snippets dominate, CodeProject was modeled on authored articles, providing depth and a broader perspective of software engineering topics. Before GitHub became the central repository of open-source collaboration and before Stack Overflow turned Q&A into popular science, CodeProject was the go-to platform for code and tutorials. There are 2 dominant policy directions in “IT community websites/forums”: Inclusion. Sites declare as a primary policy to include publishing of text of authors of all levels, to encourage people to join the profession/ guild. Editors/Review. Sites enforce strict publishing editors review policy to filter/modify/improve texts before publishing on the website. Sites that predominantly go for the “Inclusion” policy declare as a target to introduce/encourage people of all levels of knowledge to publish texts. Regardless of noble goals, in practice, such sites are overwhelmed with SPAM and are practically unusable and uninteresting for reading. There would be like 1000 articles on the topic “Introduction to HTML”, and while some are probably good, many look like random copy-paste from the internet, of very bad quality. Such sites tend to waste your time because before reading something you need to filter out all the spam articles of low quality. Some sites go for an “Editors/Review” policy in which the assigned Editor is Coaching/Modifying proposed text with the intent to improve its quality before publishing. But, in practice, on some websites/forums, it seems that those editors were some kind of volunteers/enthusiasts who are native speakers of the version of English that is official in the country they live in, but have insufficient technical knowledge (or interest or time) to understand the topics, so they would be rephrasing sentences “to improve English” and “presentation style”, and after several such “improved” sentences that “edited” article would be telling completely different story and giving different conclusions from original. Discussing with “editors” is a waste of time, so I keep my personal blog/website, where I am “the editor”, and where I publish texts exactly the way I think they should look. CodeProject was mostly oriented toward "Editors/Review", where articles would need to pass peer review and editor's approval with some editing modification of texts. That resulted in filtered articles of decent quality, in limited numbers. Modification of texts by editors was most of the time minimal/acceptable and once a member is on the level of MVP author, he/she would have the right to publish directly without the need for editor approval. What Went Wrong? While the tech world has seen platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X achieve billion-dollar valuations, CodeProject guys needed to close. Looks like the digital market is changing: Shift to larger platforms: Many developers now turn to platforms like Stack Overflow, GitHub, and Medium for similar resources, but I hardly see any gain in that. Revenue challenges: CodeProject relied on advertising revenue. It looks like that didn’t work well for them. Looks like the business behind the site collapsed. Shifting Community Trends: It looks like today’s developers often prefer quick answers to deep dives. I personally somehow doubt that can be a successful trend in the long run. It’s hard to believe that in an era of billion-dollar valuations and mega-acquisitions, a platform as valuable as CodeProject couldn’t make it. Companies like Meta and Microsoft are snapping up platforms with massive user bases, but this site/community is not of interest to them. A Final Hope The tech industry often witnesses comebacks or reinventions. If a strategic partner steps in, the site might still find ways to thrive. Unfortunately, so far CodeProject hasn't managed to attract buyers like Microsoft or Meta. I keep hoping that someone—be it a tech giant or a passionate entrepreneur—will recognize its value and give it the second life it deserves. By a 20-year CodeProject member and Former MVP By a 20-year CodeProject member and Former MVP By a 20-year CodeProject member and Former MVP As a developer who’s been part of the CodeProject.com community for over two decades, the idea of its closure feels like a shock. For years, this site has been a haven for developers, with thousands of phototype code projects ready for download, coming with authors' own advice on how to use it. CodeProject.com I became a member of CodeProject.com back in the early 2000s. It was on CodeProject that I discovered a treasure trove of knowledge, downloading over years of 100+ code projects to kickstart my own work. Some of the downloaded projects put me right on the proper path and evolved over time into very successful projects. I owe much of my professional growth to this platform. I would estimate over time, I’ve read over 1,000 articles—some deeply technical, others inspiring—that helped me solve problems, discover new tools, and increase my level of knowledge. Now, as rumors circulate about the potential shutdown of CodeProject, I am trying to understand why it’s struggling to survive in an era when tech giants dominate the stock market. CodeProject Mattered Because of Articles of Decent Quality CodeProject Mattered Because of Articles of Decent Quality Unlike today’s platforms, where quick answers and snippets dominate, CodeProject was modeled on authored articles, providing depth and a broader perspective of software engineering topics. Before GitHub became the central repository of open-source collaboration and before Stack Overflow turned Q&A into popular science, CodeProject was the go-to platform for code and tutorials. There are 2 dominant policy directions in “IT community websites/forums”: Inclusion. Sites declare as a primary policy to include publishing of text of authors of all levels, to encourage people to join the profession/ guild. Inclusion. Sites declare as a primary policy to include publishing of text of authors of all levels, to encourage people to join the profession/ guild. Inclusion. Editors/Review. Sites enforce strict publishing editors review policy to filter/modify/improve texts before publishing on the website. Editors/Review. Sites enforce strict publishing editors review policy to filter/modify/improve texts before publishing on the website. Editors/Review. Sites enforce strict publishing editors review policy to filter/modify/improve texts before publishing on the website. Editors/Review. Sites that predominantly go for the “ Inclusion ” policy declare as a target to introduce/encourage people of all levels of knowledge to publish texts. Regardless of noble goals, in practice, such sites are overwhelmed with SPAM and are practically unusable and uninteresting for reading. Inclusion There would be like 1000 articles on the topic “Introduction to HTML”, and while some are probably good, many look like random copy-paste from the internet, of very bad quality. Such sites tend to waste your time because before reading something you need to filter out all the spam articles of low quality. Some sites go for an “ Editors/Review ” policy in which the assigned Editor is Coaching/Modifying proposed text with the intent to improve its quality before publishing. Editors/Review But, in practice, on some websites/forums, it seems that those editors were some kind of volunteers/enthusiasts who are native speakers of the version of English that is official in the country they live in, but have insufficient technical knowledge (or interest or time) to understand the topics, so they would be rephrasing sentences “to improve English” and “presentation style”, and after several such “improved” sentences that “edited” article would be telling completely different story and giving different conclusions from original. Discussing with “editors” is a waste of time, so I keep my personal blog/website, where I am “the editor”, and where I publish texts exactly the way I think they should look. CodeProject was mostly oriented toward " Editors/Review ", where articles would need to pass peer review and editor's approval with some editing modification of texts. That resulted in filtered articles of decent quality, in limited numbers . Modification of texts by editors was most of the time minimal/acceptable and once a member is on the level of MVP author, he/she would have the right to publish directly without the need for editor approval. Editors/Review filtered articles of decent quality, in limited numbers What Went Wrong? What Went Wrong? While the tech world has seen platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X achieve billion-dollar valuations, CodeProject guys needed to close. Looks like the digital market is changing: Shift to larger platforms: Many developers now turn to platforms like Stack Overflow, GitHub, and Medium for similar resources, but I hardly see any gain in that. Shift to larger platforms: Many developers now turn to platforms like Stack Overflow, GitHub, and Medium for similar resources, but I hardly see any gain in that. Shift to larger platforms: Revenue challenges: CodeProject relied on advertising revenue. It looks like that didn’t work well for them. Looks like the business behind the site collapsed. Revenue challenges: CodeProject relied on advertising revenue. It looks like that didn’t work well for them. Looks like the business behind the site collapsed. Revenue challenges: Shifting Community Trends: It looks like today’s developers often prefer quick answers to deep dives. I personally somehow doubt that can be a successful trend in the long run. Shifting Community Trends: It looks like today’s developers often prefer quick answers to deep dives. I personally somehow doubt that can be a successful trend in the long run. Shifting Community Trends: It looks like today’s developers often prefer quick answers to deep dives. I personally somehow doubt that can be a successful trend in the long run. Shifting Community Trends: It’s hard to believe that in an era of billion-dollar valuations and mega-acquisitions, a platform as valuable as CodeProject couldn’t make it. Companies like Meta and Microsoft are snapping up platforms with massive user bases, but this site/community is not of interest to them. A Final Hope A Final Hope The tech industry often witnesses comebacks or reinventions. If a strategic partner steps in, the site might still find ways to thrive. Unfortunately, so far CodeProject hasn't managed to attract buyers like Microsoft or Meta. I keep hoping that someone—be it a tech giant or a passionate entrepreneur—will recognize its value and give it the second life it deserves.

Farewell to an Era: Is CodeProject.com Really Shutting Down?

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If you haven’t read The Reality of Digital Nomads: Chasing Highs, Finding What? (Part 1), it delves into the challenges I faced as a digital nomad — the lack of stability, absence of community, and the constant stress and fatigue. A key takeaway is my suggestion that “digital homeless” might be a more fitting term for digital nomads. I end by comparing today’s nomads to historical figures like Mountain Hermits and Monastic Wanderers, who also led lives of solitude and self-reliance. Read <Part 1> The Reality of Digital Nomads: Chasing Adventure, Finding What? on Hackernoon! [Click Here.] <Part 2> The common thread that ties digital nomads, Christian monks, and Buddhist monks together is that they all leave their hometowns in pursuit of greater enlightenment and growth. For someone like my parents, watching their daughter constantly pursue challenges can be concerning. Yet, traveling as a digital nomad has been incredibly meaningful for self-discovery and personal growth. Before beginning this journey, I struggled with anxiety rooted in self-consciousness. I was the type of girl who loved popcorn but would skip it when at the theater alone, worried about what strangers might think if they saw me in line by myself. I’d even wait until the theater emptied out to shyly grab a bag on my way out. One unexpected advantage of having to work full-time while traveling is that you don’t really have the leisure to get swept up in all the local tourist attractions. Instead, you find small joys in visiting cafes where you can quietly observe locals while working, or by changing neighborhoods for an evening stroll each day to experience subtle differences in scenery. Contrary to the high-pitched dialogue often heard in Japanese anime, residential neighborhoods in Tokyo are always astonishingly quiet. In Siem Reap, children rummage through trash cans in search of necessities just a few kilometers away from one of the largest and most impressive religious monuments. In Asia’s most liberal city, Bangkok, located in the only country to have legalized cannabis, a less hipster and more capitalistic, and self-conscious scene can be observed, with people waiting their turn at beauty clinics as late as 9 PM. Meanwhile, in Bali, locals begin and end their day with religious rituals, with every store and accommodation advertising their fast Wi-Fi speeds. In Philadelphia, some cafes do not provide Wi-Fi or even allow laptop use, yet still manage to thrive. Seeing such differences in real-life cultures all over the world leads to the questioning of how much of who I am was shaped by the culture and environment I grew up in, this journey becomes a time of introspection. Traveling is the culture and community that shaped a significant part of my identity disappearing right before my eyes. I start asking myself, “Who am I without my culture?” and “What are my fundamental traits?” And from city to the next, the answers to these questions about myself slowly unveil. Who am I without my culture? There’s a unique liberation that comes with exploring “me” in a foreign country. Here, everyone sheds their familiar identity and becomes a foreigner, free from their usual roles and expectations. The term “foreigner” means “a person who does not belong to a particular group or community.” You’re not the hometown girl, recognized by her daily iced black coffee, or the guy who’s known for his DIY car washes since he moved in last year. Instead, you’re simply you, stripped down to the essentials, unbound by the routines and labels from home. One of the greatest advantages of traveling to many places is adopting the mindset of “I am a foreigner anyway.” This mentality of inherently “being different” is freeing. Although we are always unique individuals, experiencing multiple cultures and their contrasts makes this truth resonate deeply. Realizing that no two communities are identical and that we don’t need to conform to any single one allows us to uncover our true nature and personality. As innate social animals, we’ve grown accustomed to communal life over thousands of years. In Eastern cultures, where communal living is especially valued, we sometimes overlook a key fact: communities are composed of individuals, each with unique traits. Often, we subconsciously prioritize the identity of the community over our own, hesitating to adopt beliefs or behaviors that set us apart. As a foreigner passing through an area briefly, it’s rare to get much attention from locals, apart from the enthusiastic promotions of bar promoters. This freedom of not being seen, to simply blend into the background, is liberating and accelerates your self-discovery by giving you more space to allow yourself to be who you are. This is entirely different from wearing a bikini on the streets in Southeast Asia after wearing Confucian-style clothing in your home country. The initial adventurous spirit of arriving in a new place fades, and it’s in the period when you’ve grown somewhat familiar with the place but still don’t belong to the community that you start to see your authentic self emerge. In various cities across the world, I encountered my intrinsic kindness. Even when I didn’t care about how I might be seen to others, and was under a massive amount of stress, I remained kind to others. My shyness was replaced with lengthy conversations with cab drivers. This new found self became a source of strength and uplifted me in ways I hadn’t expected. Language barrier was surprisingly not much of a discomfort, but a factor that helped with self-discovery. How much do the words and sounds we hear around us everyday influence our thoughts? Even last weekend, while hiking in the utter peace of nature, I passed by a group discussing the housing prices of Seoul. Under the clear sky, their conversation made blurred my future into darkness. Koreans, as a whole, seem particularly focused on wealth and the economy, with a strong drive toward accumulating wealth. Since my only financial planning involves saving whatever is left after impulsively spending my salary, hearing these conversations makes me feel on the verge of a panic attack. Additionally, I’m often greeted by a YouTube ad playing the moment I get in although I pay for each ride. Just how much do the words and sounds around us in daily life influence our state of mind In this day and age, exposure to materialistic and consumerist attitudes and media isn’t an experience exclusive to my home country. However, in a foreign country, all advertisements and other people’s conversations just come across as noise, so even if I was exposed to them, I wasn’t really impacted by them. Of course, just because I can’t understand the language around me doesn’t mean that the influence of the culture I’ve lived in for decades simply disappears. Even in the laid-back atmosphere of Southeast Asia, I still found myself prioritizing efficiency and speed — like a true Korean. But when the surrounding noise faded, I began to hear an authentic voice within me — a voice I couldn’t hear as clearly back in Korea. It was the desire to pursue art and creative work, so I began writing again. Traveling to different places felt almost like being free of a past, and therefore your age. Perhaps it’s because, as a foreigner, you’re somewhat invisible, not part of that community’s recorded history — only by staying long enough, by becoming a familiar face, might you start to leave a mark. Or maybe it’s because the places woven into the history of my life are out of sight, and all I see is ‘new’ around me. Anyways, with the emergence of the unique voice inside me, I also stopped feeling so self-conscious of my age. The self-doubt that normally would have risen with the emergence of my authentic voice subdued in the seeming absence of the history it was born from. But the best part of being a digital nomad didn’t strike me until it was over.. I’ll tell you guys everything about it in Part 3, next week.. Thanks for reading If you haven’t read The Reality of Digital Nomads: Chasing Highs, Finding What? (Part 1) , it delves into the challenges I faced as a digital nomad — the lack of stability, absence of community, and the constant stress and fatigue. A key takeaway is my suggestion that “digital homeless” might be a more fitting term for digital nomads. I end by comparing today’s nomads to historical figures like Mountain Hermits and Monastic Wanderers, who also led lives of solitude and self-reliance. The Reality of Digital Nomads: Chasing Highs, Finding What? (Part 1) Read <Part 1> The Reality of Digital Nomads: Chasing Adventure, Finding What? on Hackernoon! [ Click Here .] Click Here <Part 2> The common thread that ties digital nomads, Christian monks, and Buddhist monks together is that they all leave their hometowns in pursuit of greater enlightenment and growth. For someone like my parents, watching their daughter constantly pursue challenges can be concerning. Yet, traveling as a digital nomad has been incredibly meaningful for self-discovery and personal growth . Before beginning this journey, I struggled with anxiety rooted in self-consciousness. I was the type of girl who loved popcorn but would skip it when at the theater alone, worried about what strangers might think if they saw me in line by myself. I’d even wait until the theater emptied out to shyly grab a bag on my way out. self-discovery personal growth anxiety self-consciousness. I was the type of girl who loved popcorn but would skip it when at the theater alone, worried about what strangers might think if they saw me in line by myself. I’d even wait until the theater emptied out to shyly grab a bag on my way out. One unexpected advantage of having to work full-time while traveling is that you don’t really have the leisure to get swept up in all the local tourist attractions. Instead, you find small joys in visiting cafes where you can quietly observe locals while working, or by changing neighborhoods for an evening stroll each day to experience subtle differences in scenery. Contrary to the high-pitched dialogue often heard in Japanese anime, residential neighborhoods in Tokyo are always astonishingly quiet. In Siem Reap , children rummage through trash cans in search of necessities just a few kilometers away from one of the largest and most impressive religious monuments. In Asia’s most liberal city, Bangkok , located in the only country to have legalized cannabis, a less hipster and more capitalistic, and self-conscious scene can be observed, with people waiting their turn at beauty clinics as late as 9 PM. Meanwhile, in Bali , locals begin and end their day with religious rituals, with every store and accommodation advertising their fast Wi-Fi speeds. In Philadelphia , some cafes do not provide Wi-Fi or even allow laptop use, yet still manage to thrive. visiting cafes evening stroll Tokyo Siem Reap Bangkok Bali Philadelphia Seeing such differences in real-life cultures all over the world leads to the questioning of how much of who I am was shaped by the culture and environment I grew up in, this journey becomes a time of introspection. Traveling is the culture and community that shaped a significant part of my identity disappearing right before my eyes. I start asking myself, “Who am I without my culture?” and “What are my fundamental traits? ” And from city to the next, the answers to these questions about myself slowly unveil. “Who am I without my culture?” “What are my fundamental traits? Who am I without my culture? Who am I without my culture? Who am I without my culture? There’s a unique liberation that comes with exploring “me” in a foreign country. Here, everyone sheds their familiar identity and becomes a foreigner, free from their usual roles and expectations. The term “foreigner” means “a person who does not belong to a particular group or community.” You’re not the hometown girl, recognized by her daily iced black coffee, or the guy who’s known for his DIY car washes since he moved in last year. Instead, you’re simply you, stripped down to the essentials, unbound by the routines and labels from home. foreigner, you, One of the greatest advantages of traveling to many places is adopting the mindset of “I am a foreigner anyway.” This mentality of inherently “ being different” is freeing. Although we are always unique individuals, experiencing multiple cultures and their contrasts makes this truth resonate deeply. Realizing that no two communities are identical and that we don’t need to conform to any single one allows us to uncover our true nature and personality. being different” multiple cultures and their contrasts As innate social animals, we’ve grown accustomed to communal life over thousands of years. In Eastern cultures, where communal living is especially valued, we sometimes overlook a key fact: communities are composed of individuals, each with unique traits. Often, we subconsciously prioritize the identity of the community over our own, hesitating to adopt beliefs or behaviors that set us apart. As a foreigner passing through an area briefly, it’s rare to get much attention from locals, apart from the enthusiastic promotions of bar promoters. This freedom of not being seen, to simply blend into the background, is liberating and accelerates your self-discovery by giving you more space to allow yourself to be who you are. This freedom of not being seen, to simply blend into the background, is liberating and accelerates your self-discovery by giving you more space to allow yourself to be who you are. This is entirely different from wearing a bikini on the streets in Southeast Asia after wearing Confucian-style clothing in your home country. The initial adventurous spirit of arriving in a new place fades, and it’s in the period when you’ve grown somewhat familiar with the place but still don’t belong to the community that you start to see your authentic self emerge. In various cities across the world, I encountered my intrinsic kindness. Even when I didn’t care about how I might be seen to others, and was under a massive amount of stress, I remained kind to others. My shyness was replaced with lengthy conversations with cab drivers. This new found self became a source of strength and uplifted me in ways I hadn’t expected. In various cities across the world, I encountered my intrinsic kindness. Even when I didn’t care about how I might be seen to others, and was under a massive amount of stress, I remained kind to others. My shyness was replaced with lengthy conversations with cab drivers. This new found self became a source of strength and uplifted me in ways I hadn’t expected. Language barrier was surprisingly not much of a discomfort, but a factor that helped with self-discovery. How much do the words and sounds we hear around us everyday influence our thoughts? Even last weekend, while hiking in the utter peace of nature, I passed by a group discussing the housing prices of Seoul. Under the clear sky, their conversation made blurred my future into darkness. Koreans, as a whole, seem particularly focused on wealth and the economy, with a strong drive toward accumulating wealth. Since my only financial planning involves saving whatever is left after impulsively spending my salary, hearing these conversations makes me feel on the verge of a panic attack. Additionally, I’m often greeted by a YouTube ad playing the moment I get in although I pay for each ride. Language barrier Just how much do the words and sounds around us in daily life influence our state of mind Just how much do the words and sounds around us in daily life influence our state of mind Just how much do the words and sounds around us in daily life influence our state of mind In this day and age, exposure to materialistic and consumerist attitudes and media isn’t an experience exclusive to my home country. However, in a foreign country, all advertisements and other people’s conversations just come across as noise, so even if I was exposed to them, I wasn’t really impacted by them. Of course, just because I can’t understand the language around me doesn’t mean that the influence of the culture I’ve lived in for decades simply disappears. Even in the laid-back atmosphere of Southeast Asia, I still found myself prioritizing efficiency and speed — like a true Korean. But when the surrounding noise faded, I began to hear an authentic voice within me — a voice I couldn’t hear as clearly back in Korea. It was the desire to pursue art and creative work, so I began writing again. authentic voice within me Traveling to different places felt almost like being free of a past, and therefore your age. Perhaps it’s because, as a foreigner, you’re somewhat invisible, not part of that community’s recorded history — only by staying long enough, by becoming a familiar face, might you start to leave a mark. Or maybe it’s because the places woven into the history of my life are out of sight, and all I see is ‘new’ around me. Anyways, with the emergence of the unique voice inside me, I also stopped feeling so self-conscious of my age. The self-doubt that normally would have risen with the emergence of my authentic voice subdued in the seeming absence of the history it was born from. But the best part of being a digital nomad didn’t strike me until it was over.. But the best part of being a digital nomad didn’t strike me until it was over.. I’ll tell you guys everything about it in Part 3, next week.. Thanks for reading

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