Hau Ngo – Personal Blog

The Future is Here

What began as fun, new thing is starting to become uncomfortably creepy.

That social network that promised to bring far-away friends and family closer together or that photo-sharing app that allowed us to celebrate the mundane, daily moments with cool filters have been increasingly frustrating to use.

From dark patterns that manipulate our behaviors to constant privacy scandals (see here and here) that treat us like nothing more than data-sheep to be sheared, I’ve lost track of the many examples of surveillance capitalism that exploit us.

So what’s the solution these issues?

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Ending 2018 on an incredible high

Reflection

2018 has been an incredible year 🚀

Here are some of the bigger, more notable highlights:

Helped fantastic customer in California with their analytics
Presented at the America SAP User Group in Seattle, WA
Teamed up with an amazing coach to further my business

Running a business while balancing a growing family with two small boys is not easy. Often, extracurricular activities such as my fitness regime or downtime had to be sacrificed.

Speaking as Lead Generation [Part 1]

Consulting

“I don’t know why you were so worried. That presentation was amazing!”

Those were the first words I heard after I had finished giving a talk to a technology user group in Seattle, Washington.

Just a few years ago, my stomach would be tied in knots at the thought of something minor such as speaking in a team meeting.

So what changed?

New year, new office 🎉

Consulting

Four walls have never looked so nice.

I don’t typically get the excitement for a new year or its resolutions, but leasing an office for client work and business development may have been one of the happiest decisions I’ve made in a while.

What’s your #1 focus for first few days of 2018?

Let me know

When does leasing an office make sense for the remote worker?

Consulting

I just signed a lease agreement for a very small office in a vibrant mixed/used commercial space. 😱

Kind of goes against the work from home in your pajamas idea, right?

After years of working from my home office, I “outgrew” the space. Here’s are my reasons to justify the added expense.

The high cost of hiring cheap

Consulting

A few years ago, a friend hired me to help build a data warehouse and a set of company-wide reports from scratch. We knew each other from a previous project but her manager did not.

“You’re the most expensive of the 3 resources so I hope you’re worth it.” I didn’t understand why he chose to start our working relationship with that comment but whatever.

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