Writing
Notes from the archive.
Essays from my old site, carried over so the writing can keep living here as I move the rest of my web home forward.
22 essays from jachja.com
In a room where I'm often the "only one"
I live my life full of wonder, opportunity, and recognition. It drives me to create amazing projects, content, and opportunities for others. I’m never the same after those experiences. I’m...
You Are Enough
I spent a lot of time on YouTube this week listening to Troy Baker's series "Let's Get Into It." And I greatly enjoyed the storytelling, authenticity, and takeaways. In one of the videos,...
Writing Tips for the Writer in All of Us
I wrote every week for 5 months, here's what I learned I started a new role back in January 2020, and since then I’ve written a blog post every week (find them here:...
The Value in What Only You Can Do
A few months ago I read this post on being your own best hype person . It made me think about the times I wanted someone to advocate or believe in me. I remember how alone and disappointed...
Behind the Scenes: Public speaking at Tech Conferences
I thought it would be fun to share a review on how I currently prepare for conference talks. So here goes, we’ll eventually see how it changes at the end of the year! Reviewing my 2019 I...
Creating a Voice
This week I started reading materials from an artist who’s worked I’ve admired for nearly a decade. She recently took a hiatus to spend more time with her family and invest in training....
Demystifying technical consultancy
Some of my journey as a consultant: Taken right after my final round interviews in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ended up joining! Did my trainings and screenings to join my first engagement....
Running Versus Chasing
It's dark out already. I'm I'm walking back to my hotel from the convention center after a long day of work, it's super humid. I take my bag off my shoulder because the weight is a pain. I...
Being Brave
My first summer job was at a battery company assembling and testing various battery designs. It was at the startup on a college campus where my brother had been interning. I don’t think...
A Week Off
The end of 2018 had a good amount of chaos which happened to coincide with other plans to enjoy my PTO. It almost feels surreal that the month of December 2018 came to a close and ever so...
A personal journey of strengths II
In January, I published a post on my discovery of personal strengths. As excited as I was to have gotten more insights into myself, I wrote that post at a high level, not knowing what I...
What I learned through the Grace Hopper Celebration about getting hired
EDIT: Hi, Tiffany from 2019 here, I wrote this a year ago and never published it. Here is my experience interviewing at Red Hat while I was a computer engineering student at the University...
Fearless Failings
Today I sat in a stadium amongst my fellow class of graduating engineers. We had speakers that spoke about fearless innovation and appreciation for those who helped us get to where we are...
Motivation for Scientists
This week I want to write some content for those pursuing or planning to pursue a scientific field. Understanding the purpose of science may serve as some motivation to get over initial...
Driving at your own pace
Can you remember a time you felt pressured to do something... to make a choice, a comment, or an action? I like comparing it to the feeling of driving. When times are hard, and we try to...
Package Managers, Compilers, And More?
Ever had an inkling to try something new? I think many people have wished they were a bit more tech-savvy. Especially when technical jargon gets thrown across think tank spaces, industry,...
A Personal Journey of Strengths
Last week I turned 22. I felt anticipation leading up to that day. A strong pull for the days leading up to my birthday to be over already. Then I could get over being a year older. Not...
Understanding Bits and Bytes
One of the first concepts covered in computer science class is the bit. We've come to know that it represents either a one or a zero, but what does this really mean? How do our computers...
3 Tips For Building Tech Acuity
We make technology-based business decisions every day. We do it when we choose to download and use an app. We do it at our jobs, our meetings, our presentations. Depending on who you are...
Growing Only By Doing
Cheers to a hard year. 2017 felt pressured. Between the stress of daily life and the little spouts of uncertainty, it's not easy staying sane. I spent the beginning of 2017 cramming a...
4 things I learned in 2017
This year I gained perspective and courage, enough so to start my blog. Beyond that though I learned important lessons that I want to capture and highlight. These were thoughts I struggled...
How Content Sharing Motivated Me
It was hard to express into words, and it still is, the excitement and the pride I felt. A year and a half ago, I was offered the chance to teach a digital photography class at the Art and...