Saeed Gatson

Author: Saeed Gatson

  • Choosing the right process

    Choosing the right process

    Part of learning to trust the process is having confidence in the path that you’ve chosen. When you start out learning something, it can seem impossible. It can feel like you aren’t making any progress. It’s easy to forget that it’s almost impossible to not make some type of progress if you just keep going.

  • Learning to trust the process

    Learning to trust the process

    It’s only been a week now, and I’ve asked myself why I’m doing Daily December almost everyday. Why am I spending time writing? Shouldn’t I just be coding? But then I remember to just trust the process and I’m able to fight off the resistance for a little bit longer.

  • Breaking into tech startups without tech skills

    Breaking into tech startups without tech skills

    First off, it’s hard to get non-technical jobs at a tech startups. I’m just basing that off of my experience trying to get testing jobs at tech companies. Software testing is technical but you don’t see job openings for it until the company has at least 20 people. It can be pretty challenging. It feels…

  • Good, fast, and cheap but never all three

    Good, fast, and cheap but never all three

    The other day I found video in a series about coming up with business ideas. It’s called The 25 Days Of Ideas. For one month the series gives a strategy for coming up with a new business idea each day. After noticing that you could skip ahead I started watching the videos at 1.5x speed.…

  • Pressure on the shadows

    Pressure on the shadows

    If you could go back and listen to your great great grandfather. If you had a video recording of his daily life. If you could view his inner thoughts in less than 140 characters would you?

  • The 12th man is better than you

    The 12th man is better than you

    Yesterday I went to my first Oregon State Men’s Basketball. The Ducks crushed the Tigers. Something that would never happen in real life but mascots fight on a different realm. Final score was 128 to 59, which ended up being a school record. Something happened near the eight minute mark of the second half. The student…

  • Taking the difficult path

    Taking the difficult path

    My procrastination takes the form of research. I attempt to find the easiest solution. A comfortable path to follow before even taking the first step. That’s probably why what I found in a video by Evan Carmichael hit me so hard.

  • This Generation Will Be Fine

    This Generation Will Be Fine

    It’s never been a better time to be 20 – 30 years old. It’s never been a better time to be a human.

  • The Daily December Experiment 2016

    The Daily December Experiment 2016

    For the next 30 days I’m going to try something new.