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Problem and Solution Incubation

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Post date December 8, 2020
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Recently, I had a pretty interesting epiphany in the area of collaboration and bringing about change; change being scoped by both project culture and work habits of individuals. In the past, I’ve become impatient and annoyed when others didn’t acknowledge, comprehend, or even see the “glaring” problem(s) I had been experiencing. My impatience would become […]

Imposter Syndrome

A mentee pinged me recently about imposter syndrome, asking if and how I have overcome it. With my recent 5 year anniversary at Netflix, I’d like to share my thoughts on this industry-wide topic. I’ve tried to overcome imposter syndrome and while it’s not nearly as bad as before, it still surfaces every once in […]

Bifurcation & Kindness

I’m going out on a limb here to express something – I don’t necessarily agree with everything being protested right now. The polarized arguments of skin-color shaming and choosing sides between citizens and government, are minor deviations from the two(-ish) issues that we should be truly focused on: Systemic racism against African Americans Police brutality […]

Where are you from?

I ran across this article a while back which I was musing for a while… “Where are you from?” The gentleman and his wife asked my father while we were waiting in line to order our food. They repeated the question to each of us kids while we stared back in bewilderment. Seconds pass and […]

Loaf and Burn

I’ve adapted the recipe taken from The Perfect Loaf. I’ll outline the modifications I performed for my bake. Adaptations (details in the recipe below) I adjusted the original recipe to make a single loaf, with a final weight of 651 grams. It’s about the size and density of a typical loaf of sourdough you’d […]

Shitty Disco Ball

“FUCK! Get down Xavier! Another fucking drone in 500 meters!!” Anna braked hard entering the corner leading to the final stretch before Highway 101, they were still 10 blocks until they could get out of San Francisco’s drone patrolled airspace. Xavier braced into the back seat as Anna pushed the X5 hard into the sharp […]

Left hand over your heart, right hand over your lower abdomen.

Post author By Jonathan
Post date August 5, 2019
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“Breathe.” “Inhale.” “Exhale.” The instructor repeated this mantra every few moments as the class settled into the next 75 minutes of vinyasa yoga. “Think of something you’re grateful for. Hold that image to your heart. Be grateful for what you imagine.” The first image that materializes is one of my family and Kristin in San […]

Wake up.

The last year has been immensely trying, emotionally. Approximately 13 months ago, my wife and I received a late-night phone call from her parents. Kristin’s father had been diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer. We sat in silence staring into the iPad while we FaceTime’d with the in-laws, absorbing the diagnosis, future plans, and brief […]

Chicken Pesto

Student conversations floated through the air, including the smell of the food court and the stale carpet. My Dad and I were sitting at my favorite table by the windows facing the university courtyard, (one of the only ones that had a power outlet) he had come to the USC campus to take me to […]

You’ll never get into USC.

Post author By Jonathan
Post date April 23, 2017
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Before digging in today, spend the five minutes to read this article. Done? Great. I remember hearing those words from my high school counselor. She continued, “You should try the local state school, it’ll be easier for you to get in“. No mention of transferring, community college, or even discussion of reaching out to USC […]