Categories: 2022 (Eng)Diary

2022년 5월 22일 일요일 – Mountain View 생활 32주차

Bay Area K-Group

There is a Korean community named BAKG (Bay Area K-Group). This Friday, I attended the social networking event held by the group. I heard that many Korean googlers would attend this event. So, I wanted to get some internal information about the various teams.

Even though 60% of people were googlers, I mostly chatted with non-googlers. It was also a nice opportunity to meet people outside the company. Maybe this event would be the last time I can attend before having a birth.

The relationship is really like an edge of a network whose strength decays very soon. To make the relationship solid, we need to spend much time and take care of others sincerely. If not, networking is a waste of time. Therefore, this event was just literally an event to me.


AI Study

BAKG also operates AI study group. It is a voluntary study group rather than a lecture. I’ve joined a group that reads SOTA papers every two weeks. My goal is to attend a meeting and successfully prepare my presentation even after my child is born.


SCPD

Personally, I think that degree is the most inefficient way and the most formal way to prove professionalism and ability. Also, a degree is a gateway to starting a career in a specialized field.

Even though a Master’s degree is not seriously considered a professional, it guarantees at least two years of experience in the field. I’m trying to prove this experience if I can’t get an opportunity to do a career transition.

Stanford provides an opportunity to get a Master’s degree for professionals. Tuition is calculated based on how much credit I spent. One course usually costs 4k-5k. Hopefully, my company matches 2/3 of tuition up to 12k every year. So, I can enroll in up to four courses in a year.

I heard that the course is not that though but requires 10 hours per week. Just hope that I can nail it perfectly, only spending 5 hours.


Work

Better than last week. The goal is to finish as much as I can before bonding leave. I can’t guess what is L4 scope and what is L5 scope. If the impact is only important, non-dominant PA is an absolutely wrong place for promotion.


Time off

My company gives 18 weeks of paid baby bonding leave. I’m planning to start to leave at the end of June. I was a little nervous about perf, but I just decided to don’t think about this.

Compared to other people, I’m really far behind them. If I just follow the way they did, I can’t overwhelm. Working hard is the best way to learn and grow skills, but it is not the best way to win a competition.

To get off the long waiting line, I need to have a different perspective, direction, and paradigm.

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