Category: Personal
Career moves and the occasional life update.
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CDs and the Fiio DM13
Late-stage-capitalism has us longing for a simpler time
One of the earliest teenage memories I have is sitting by the radio at 8pm every night to listen in to the DJ take requests and song dedications. I used to have a blank cassette tape ready to record the latest and greatest songs. I had to hit the record and play buttons at the same time to actually record the songs!
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GE2020 Election Results, The Workers Party makes gains in Singapore’s parliament
As expected by anyone and everyone, the PAP returned to power by winning a majority for the 14th straight general elections. Not just a majority, but a supermajority, where they control two thirds of the MP seats, and can unilaterally change the constitution. What would be unheard of in a liberal democracy is just par for the course here.
What was surprising for this election was the loss of another GRC to the WP, as well as a big swing in the votes that went for the opposition parties. 61.2% of all votes went to the PAP, which was a big fall from the 69.9% vote share in GE2015. The gamble of having an election during a pandemic – and the belief that voters would run back to the safety of the PAP – backfired on the PAP. This ended up being the 2nd worst elections results for the PAP in history.
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So about that…
Well, that’s one promise I didn’t keep. How did 3 years just go by? I quit my job, joined another company, and quit THAT job after a year and a half. Its been 9 months since I left full-time employment – that went by is a flash!
So what have I been up to? Power-lifting 1000 pounds (453KG) between the squat, deadlift and bench-press. Working on my Marketo, SFDC and Google Analytics certifications. Reading exactly 29 fantasy fiction books. Oh, and applying for more than 400 jobs.
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Joining AWS
So after three years at Fuji Xerox, it was time for a change. I started looking around (quite passively, I might add), and found an amazing opportunity at Amazon Web Services.
Amazon is one of the five companies I would not say no to (the others being Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Apple). The role was more focused and narrower than what I was doing at FX, but it gave me more room to grow and develop. And most importantly, there was not ceiling on my ambitions.
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A Quick Update
Hello blog – it’s been a while!
It’s been a busy year-and-a-half (thereabouts).