5 days in hawaii, from the perspective of a culture-curious, oceanic-observer, would’ve-been-marine-biologist-in-another-world, tourist. 21 december 2:30pm — land in Kona & meet cool guy Ryan who gives us all the food recs… “Everything is within a 15–20 minute walk here…” “Just like in napa valley how wine and cheese pair well, in hawaii…

Expanded version: Too long; didn’t read: Too emotional; (because of the) amazing (people who created) memories (that I will hold onto for the rest of my life) Atlesson #1: Too emotional It’s both a great and terrible thing to realize that my emotional attachment to the TEAM has far exceeded…

Week 9 is already over??? It feels like time is picking up speed just as I’m trying to savor the moments more. Nonetheless, this week was chock full of truly awesome memories. Here are a few! Atlesson #1: In our pod, the Zoom chat pops off. After a really casual…

Such a productive week, packed with sooo many new amazing experiences and learnings! Atlesson #1: I naturally work in spurts of energy, which suits the project-based workflow well. I re-discovered about myself that I naturally work in spurts of energy rather than long stretches of consistent work. It’s something with…

Wow, can you believe it’s Week 5 already?? Luckily, the amount of lessons I’m learning isn’t slowing down :). There are always new things to reflect on here! A couple musings from the past week: Atlesson #1: Ideas that aren’t communicated well lose their value. As I practice proactiveness, new…

Good stuff this week! I pushed myself towards a lot of personal development in my habits at work all-around, from being more proactive in tasks, to being more diligent about taking breaks, to asking more questions, to becoming more authentic in at-work interactions (see the inspiration for these in Week…

I’m back in the Bay and settling into where I’ll be hanging out until August. At home, the walls are thin and the wifi router is un-strategically placed in the furthest corner of the house from my room. It instead sits on the other side of the wall to our…

Heyho, it’s Week 2! Calling, no, Blogging in from sunny San Diego, we’re back to share some Atlessons and reflections on days 5 through 10 here on the TEAM. Atlesson #1: Alignment meetings are critical in remote work. The beginning of the week was filled with meetings that brought together…

It’s only been one week and it’s an adventure already! I set up my new work-from-home space, found my favorite Atlassian Zoom backgrounds, met an incredibly kind and welcoming team, earned a bonus point at Intern Trivia Night for pulling out the funkiest dance moves, and even got locked out…