Untold Stories
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Latest story—12 Feb 2022How to prepare for your Facebook product design interview
How to prepare for your Facebook product design interview
Highlights from Lily Konings’s sharing on how to land a product design job at Facebook
2021 Stories
I didn’t write much in 2021. A new year has come. I want to sit down and write some stories that happened last year.
New year, new look
Keeping my personal site updated inspires me to work harder to have good things to show, and new stories to tell
I’m a dad
None is good at something if they don’t practice it. Being a parent is the same. We will get used to it. All we need is persistence.
You’re saying sorry too much
Saying sorry is a good habit, but saying it too much is the contrast. Sometimes, we apologize too much and it affects your presence. Replace sorry with a better phrase will make your ideas more compelling and show up stronger.
Why I built Visualizem?
The market rewards execution, not ideas.
Essential skills for product designers
For designers, only good design skill doesn’t guarantee success. We need more skills to be better and succeed in your career. But not only for the design career, but it’s also for any other career you are considering. This lesson is valuable and I want young designers to know to succeed. Whattt
Systems vs Goals
I’m always failed at exercising regularly. It usually starts with passion, the first week is awesome and motivated. But the next week, it becomes less and less. I set my goal to exercise at least 5 times a week, then decrease to 4 times, then 3 times,… Then no exercise.
Every skill you acquire doubles your odds success
I’m reading ‘How to fail at almost everything and still win big’ by Scott Adam. There's one idea that enlightens me and I think everyone should know about it.
Intro to podcast Voice Louder
Learn to speak better with voice recording
Capture my thoughts
A collection of my messy thought after a long weekend
Old but new iMac
Great news, I got a new iMac. It’s a used one I found on Carousell. After so many long days thinking about it, I bought one.