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Truly, compassion.

I've outgrown one of my earliest mentors in most ways but I can see how she's still useful.

Ahimsa is the central idea of Buddhism. The idea is to avoid harm to others and to avoid harm to yourself. I would begin by introducing a healthy respect for living beings because …

As I estimate, this crowd has collectively spent upwards of hundreds of hours reviewing my performance. Some of the feedback they provided was high quality, and it helped me during…

I have been relying on crowdsourcing feedback online to motivate me through tough times. The only drawback is that I have a hard time guiding the feedback in terms of timing and su…

As an aside, for the comments here that genuinely mean well and mention seeing a doctor or therapist, I have some thoughts on that. It feels a bit ableist to recommend without know…

There are 24 hours in a day. Even if you spent 10 hours a day learning and working, you still have a small window of time for other activities as well. Time management will help yo…

I'm not sure I understand your connection to this woman. You say she's a colleague, but you also mention programming interviews. Are you working at the same company and helping her…

Soliciting feedback is an indicator of curiosity.

I got my dream job by reading the twitter messages and slack messages of my critics. The only problem is that they seem to be running out of steam. How do I motivate my critics to …

Put yourself in a crucible situation. You'd be surprised how effective it is. I have managed to set myself up that way, and even I'm surprised at how much I've grown in a matter of…