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I (finally) graduated from the University of Michigan this weekend and I’ll be starting as a physics PhD student at Harvard University in the fall. Starting off studying computer science (2010), dropping out to work in big tech on low-prevalence high-severity harms (2013), pivoting to accelerate genomics research during COVID (2021), and then returning to…
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2021 was another eventful year to put it mildly. We turned a corner in the pandemic response with widespread vaccine availability in the developed world, but suffered the human cost of disinformation in the form of vaccine hesitancy. Meanwhile, much of the world still doesn’t have vaccine access that they desperately need. We’ve entered an…
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This week marks the end of my tenure at facebook. This is the only company I’ve ever worked for (outside of internships) so I’m feeling a rollercoaster of emotions right now. To begin with, I’ll start with a really quick recap of my time at the company. My condensed FB story Feb ’14: Joined as…
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TLDR: Set goals, but don’t be rigid and inflexible about them. Be honest with yourself to ensure that you’re spending time on what you actually care about. Be intentional about the relationship between your goals your actions. Template tracking doc I spent a lot of my childhood making fun of my parents and spend a…
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Why am I writing this? Writing helps me think. If I have some idea, thought, or emotion, it’s much easier for me to understand and grapple with it when I write it down than otherwise. I started journaling last year, but I figured some of what I think might be helpful to share a bit…
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Welcome to the inaugural edition of my yearly booklist! I’m following in the footsteps of many of my role models of sharing a selection of what I read this year that left a mark on me and which I’d recommend to others. The motivation for this is threefold. First, I’m hoping that this inspires others…