Shoutouts to some people I've met who made the journey great
- Non-exhaustive list (this will never be complete - recency bias )
- No particular order – because it wouldn’t be the same without each
It’s going to take some time to go through all my experiences and do this list up, with links 😆
From hacking together:
- Selena - an inspiringly delightful optimist and the first person I taught dance to
- Marcus - go-to IKEA buddy and the Frontend always ready to go as far as needed
- Jasmine - articulates well and is always ready for difficult convos? we love to see it
- Matthew - maturity and stability – now in VR!
- Alvin - lezgo, trust and compatible working-styles
- Lucy, Jacky, Izzy - 3 months of great vibes, and fun times in S.Korea
- Alex - killer backend and sandals
- Stephen - experience and insight, and a generosity
- Tanzeela - looks at non-working code together, laughs at how cooked we are
- Aiden and Aaron - the people to get a beer on a boat to Quokka island with
- Serena and James - the people to do social impact with
- Kartik - the person to go Olive Garden with
- Alvin - my hoobae
- Vasanth - the rock of a team and a great leader who inspires trust. someone willing to give a go
- Qi Tang - maturity, generosity and a friendliness – someone who dares to try
- Joo - the person to go H-mart with
From building together:
- Serge - an activator and catalyst for so much more
- Leandra - an inspiring and lovely person who continues to carry a sparkle
- Artem - the team’s technical big brother, always a privilege to work with
- Shreyas - the person to nerd out with and ask for PR reviews
From mentoring:
- Jacob - a brilliant person trying to save the planet when he could be doing anything
- Peter - vast experience and patience I didn’t deserve
- Sami - a warm person who helps make growing pains tolerable
- Di - a person that puts in effort when it’s not easy and a connector
- Lu - a delight to be around, clear product mindset, and a great dancer
- Frank - absolutely roasted me in judging, thankful - learnt a lot
- Lilliana - who saw something
- Tom H - a good bloke with a warm Aussie accent
From great chats:
- Max - the next levelsio
- Rick - who taught me the difference between a demo, magic trick and scam
- Sonya - vibes, empathy and maturity – has my respect and inspires me to work harder
- Simon - the kind of person that makes Google still a great place
- Brandon - who has done great things in femtech
- Lucas - the initially secret mad scientist
- Sal Khan - one of my lights in high-school and electrical engineering
- Mitchell - who demonstrated magic in hackathons
- Nancy - a cool journey
- Eli - let’s beam it up~
- Erin - Owo
I call this, the vegemite scroll 🥯
