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By sashgonzalez January 1, 2021January 5, 2021 Career/Featured/Reflection/Self-development

My 2020: an Executive Summary

Before I dive in, here’s a disclaimer: this has easily been the longest I’ve gone without writing a blog post. Admittedly, I’m a bit ashamed, but then again, it has taken me a while to finally come to terms with the fact that 2020 took its toll on me too. 

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By sashgonzalez April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Featured/Innovation/Self-development/Startup/University

The Focused Millennial: Ntsako Mgiba

Ntsako Mgiba is the founder of exciting startup JONGA, a Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South African, a Mandela Rhodes Scholar, a Mechatronics Engineering graduate (UCT) and a current Masters in Information Technology student (UCT). When a good friend and I first considered starting a business of our own,

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By sashgonzalez December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 Career/Featured/Reflection/Self-development

My 2019: an Executive Summary

A few highlights: I graduated, moved to Dublin and started my first job at Google, joined a great team, moved in with one of my best friends from Cape Town, had friends come visit us in our new home, watched Manchester United beat Chelsea at Old Trafford, watched Serena Williams

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By sashgonzalez October 25, 2019October 28, 2019 Featured/Reflection/Self-development

From New York to Tokyo

Over the course of the past month, I’ve been fortunate enough to have done quite a bit of traveling, both for work and in my own personal capacity. While this blog post is long overdue, I’ve been meaning to share some insights from a) working in New York and b) visiting

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By sashgonzalez September 9, 2019June 5, 2020 Career/Featured/Reflection/Self-development

You’ve got a Degree. Now What?

Disclaimer: this by no means is a theory that will apply to everyone. It’s something that should be tweaked, adapted and definitely challenged. Some underlying assumptions that are made (and not limited to): a) You’ve been fortunate enough to study and obtain (or in the process of obtaining) a degree

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By sashgonzalez July 21, 2019July 21, 2019 Career/Featured/Reflection/Self-development

Life at Google

As promised, I’ll be updating you on the latest chapter in my journey. Let me start off by addressing the most frequently asked question: how’d you land a job at Google? Well, to be completely honest, I started off 2018 setting the goal to get an internship at Google for

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By sashgonzalez May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 Career/Featured/Inspiration/Reflection/Self-development

“You Don’t Get if You Don’t Ask”

At about 10:30pm last night, I came across a post by one of my favourite South African authors and speakers, John Sanei. John shared a picture of him preparing to deliver a keynote address this morning at Singularity University’s (South African) Executive Programme. (If you’re not familiar with Singularity University,

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By sashgonzalez May 5, 2019May 6, 2019 Featured/Inspiration/Reflection/Self-development

The Book Club

Given the fact that I returned to Cape Town this year (no longer a student), I knew I had about four months before leaving to Dublin where I could really focus on personal growth and development. I also knew that if the four months went by and I hadn’t experienced

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By sashgonzalez March 29, 2019April 27, 2019 Self-development

Lessons from an Unconventional Teacher

This week, one of my most influential high school teachers, Bruce Collins, moves on to a new and exciting chapter in his career. While I am humbled to be mentioned in his reflective Twitter thread, I feel like I need to pay tribute to this innovative teacher. Some things Mr

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By sashgonzalez March 22, 2019May 3, 2019 Career/Featured/Reflection/Self-development/University

Wise Words for Students from my late Grandad

What’s the harm in asking? Over the course of my university career, I found great value in the practical learnings from industry experts and businesses alike. I got into a habit of reaching out and asking for opportunities to learn and/or collaborate. I’ve also often simply reached out to conference/event

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