How much should I charge as a freelancer?
To figure out how much you’d charge per hour, ask yourself: How much would you normally get at a job as a base salary? Take that amount, double it, and divide by 2000, and th
I did it. I GOT A CONTRACT.
And it is for slightly more money than the one I gave up to stay local and at home with Baby Bun. Guess things work out if you just be patient, right? (Haha… yeah. Right. You
What should I buy myself if I get a contract?
I know what you’re thinking: OMG. She’s not even working and she’s making a plan to buy MORE STUFF as a reward or a treat as having gotten a job after chilling ou
If men were the ones to get pregnant and give birth, like seahorses, the world would be so different
Seriously. If men were the ones to get pregnant and give birth, they would not be saying the shizz they’re saying in the comments on this post about how a Toronto coder hear
Sexism in the tech world
If you’re interested in reading about women in technology, or really, any STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) profession, you should read this comic: Ping Po
Why and how you should deal with conflict, arguments and stand up for yourself
Ever consider yourself to be an Ostrich? You know, you bury your head in the sand and kind of pretend nothing is happening because you don’t want to deal with whatever it is
Travel: What it’s like to visit China – Recycling as a Job
This is part of the Travel: What it’s like to visit each city series I’m doing, to talk about what it’s like to see each city I’ve been through, from a fo
The aftermath of giving up your career to stay at home
In a link shared by reader Jaime (who should really have her own blog because she has such interesting insights), NY Times re-visits women in the 1990s who gave up their high-flyin
I gave up a quarter of a million dollars to be with my family
And it sucks. It’s really hard being a working mother, particularly since we have to go through 9 months carrying a child and then take at least 3 months off after the birth
How to answer a rather random business case interview question
I was chatting with Jessica the other day and she mentioned how she was blindsided with a really strange interview question that went like this: How many golf balls are sold in Can