Tri Ahmad Irfan

In the course of my life, there are several essays that contributes to my growth. There's no speed limit, by Derek Sivers It taught me that you can go as fast as I can, without being bothered by other people's pace. There’s no speed limit | Derek SiversWhether you’re

In this troubling time, I often feel bad by procrastinating on my tasks at hand. Calm down. I just read these pieces from Nassim Taleb's book, Antifragile. Naturally, we procrastinate when the problem is not critical (or important). No wonder I was an uber-deadliner in college. (College projects and exams

“There is no way to write a six-page, narratively structured memo and not have clear thinking.” —Jeff Bezos, AmazonI love written communication. Not through short bursts of emails or chats, but through a clear narrative document. Why? 1. It lasts No more arguing whether people catch my hallway chat. No

Late in the evening, there are several things that periodically crept to my mind. And this particular thing, actually affects how I see the world, that leads to affecting how should I live my life. Sounds corny right, but this happens to me for quite some time. I think that

In the past few days, my social media timelines and conversations around me revolved around Maudy Ayunda. And unlike any other chit-chats on the life of celebrities, this time was something very positive. She was admitted into Harvard and Stanford for her graduate study. This caught me off guard, not

I was stumbled upon reading a passage from Elad Gil’s High Growth Handbook that discusses how early employees can scale. I am currently an early employee at a startup that I consider to be high-growth, we were founded only one and half years ago but now employ hundreds

There are phases in my life where I can get up every morning, and be very eager to start the day doing what I love to reach things I dream. However, there are also days where even to get up and do the necessary things (like showering and have breakfast)

Having lived in Silicon Valley for at least 6 months changed my mind in a positive way. In Indonesia, no matter how curious you are and how interesting you are, there is a limit to that. There are things that you can dream of, like building a startup, be a

I was struggling with my mental state recently. I was unable to focus for a long time. I have to try hard enough & in different places just to get myself in “the flow”. I think this is a real problem, especially when I am a software engineer,

My life is circular, there are countless of ups and downs that happens to me. I’m not used to have a habit or something that guarantees my success. I’ve tried many things and most of them failed. I have worked in many projects and I only

In the last few months, I’ve been struggling to work more productively. No matter what work I do, I always feel that I’m not focused enough to do and finish it. When I’m doing software engineering works (e.g. writing codes, writing test, testing)

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? “My life has never been ideal. I came from a desperately low income family. My illiterate father never went to school and he stopped working due to his illness since when I was

I have a seemingly great idea to write about half an hour ago, and now I totally forgot it. I think it’s important to write it down as soon as you come up with an idea.

Saya menulis tulisan ini untuk sayembara buku antologi Para Pembidik Mimpi: 99 Kisah Penerima Bidik Misi Berprestasi. Setelah melalui seleksi yang ketat, kisah saya terpilih menjadi salah satu dari 99 kisah yang dibukukan. Buku ini akan diserahkan oleh Menristekdikti kepada Presiden Ir. Joko Widodo pada bulan Agustus 2016. Desember 2013,

This is another note I took from one of the @terns Lunch & Learn Sessions at Twitter. This time the topic is about entrepreneurship given Jeff Seibert, Director of Product at Twitter. Previously Jeff co-founded Increo in 2007 (acquired by Box in 2009), and co-founded & served as CEO of

Every week or so, the university team at Twitter hold a panel for interns to learn during lunch. Here are some notes that I take during one of the sessions on Product Management. Four product managers across the company are giving informations & insights on being a product manager at

You’re the entrepreneur of your life, you can decide what you’re going to do, what you’re going to prioritize. And you should never forget that you have a tremendous amount of freedom as it is to make these very basic decision on what you’re going to

It’s been a month since I came back from San Francisco to do my internship at Twitter, and I haven’t written a single word about my experiences there. So in the next few weeks, I will post some writings about how I ended up going there, what I

I departed from Soekarno-Hatta airport on Friday at 6.15 am. It was my first attempt to go to an airport alone. At fist I was afraid I would look like a stupid person lost in a sea of cool people. Turns out I look stupid, but I decided to

Opportunities come and go. What you thought would be an opportunity to push your life forward can drag you down. Their outcome depends on your actions and reactions, but no one is a fore teller, the future is a mystery to all of us. Tons of opportunities will come, yet

This last few months, I have no idea why my life could be this hard. Not hard in the sense that it is, hard, but hard in the sense that there’s so much thing to do while you only have a little time. I remember that I got

In the third week of my internship, the interns finally relocated into the new office which was much more luxurious than the old office. We were given a space inside a glass room with full landscape view of western Jakarta. After learning something about Docker including the technologies, its use

In the second week of my internship at GDP I was given the list of projects to choose, and I ended up choosing a project that compelled to me the most. What I had to do was to create a pre-configured Jenkins image on Docker, so that when the company