Tech & IT

  • INFJ in Tech — It’s Time to Redesign Tech Interviews for Deep Thinkers and Neurodiverse Talent

    Big group of people, a countdown clock, and one poor soul trying to remember how to write a for loop. Live coding interviews are a common way to assess IT engineers. You’re given some algorithmic problem, and someone — sometimes just one person, but more often a whole group — is watching you solve it…

  • Dream Home-Office Setup? No Cables. Part 3

    As someone who’s been in the IT field for over a decade, I think about desk setups a lot. I mean — I’ve already written Part 1 and Part 2 of my Dream Home Office Setup series on Medium. 😁 I’m constantly looking for ways to improve mine — not just in terms of practicality, but also from a more futuristic point…

  • Dream Home-Office Setup? Part 1

    As someone who’s been in the IT space for 10 years, I’ve always been obsessed with my home-office setup. I even dream about it — yes, dream. If it were up to me, I’d change my home-office layout every month, maybe even every week! I’m definitely not a conservative person when it comes to home-office setups…

Personal & Mind

  • 6 Things Every INFJ Has Heard (And What We Really Think About Them)

    We hear them all the time — here’s what’s really going on in our heads. 1. “You should go out more often” As an INFJ, we really like to stay in our comfy home, and we’ve heard this a lot when we were kids — and we still hear it now as adults. It is…

  • 8 Things That Should Exist By Now (But Still Don’t)

    We already have AI, that can help us with basically everything — writing our emails, generating some pictures, giving us some ideas. Then we also have cars that (well.. almost) drive themselves, and apps that can listen to us better than some people. And yet… the little ( some of them quite bigger) things that…

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    When Walking Away Is the Bravest Thing You Can Do

    The Opportunity There was a moment in my life when I was offered an exciting opportunity to step into a more visible and impactful role. It felt like a natural next step — something I had been working toward for a long time. A chance to grow, expand, and contribute on a larger scale. I…

  • 6 Unique Talents of an INFJ

    If you’re an INFJ, you’ll probably recognize yourself in these. And if you’re not—maybe this helps you understand the INFJ in your life a little better. Let’s just start with the first one: INFJs are socially intuitive Put an INFJ in a group meeting and we’ll immediately sense the social atmosphere. We can absorb the…

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    Being an INFJ: What It Really Means and My Perspective

    What’s This Buzzword, INFJ? And why does it seem so important to know your personality type? If you happen to be an INFJ, how can learning about it help you? The INFJ, also known as the Advocate or Idealist, is one of the rarest personality types in the MBTI system, making up about 1% of the population. Diving Deep:…

  • About me

    Hi! I’m Andrea — originally from Czech Republic, now living in the Netherlands. I’ve been in IT for almost 10 years, with a Master’s in Computer Science. I’ve tried leaving tech a few times, but somehow it always pulls me back in. It’s a love-hate thing. One moment you feel like a genius, the next…