It’s a bit weird to be PROUD of not dating until later in life, but I am proud of it. As a career driven young woman, I made sure to love myself first and really know what I want and need. I wanted to make this video so others don’t have to feel pressured to be in a relationship and it’s okay to value yourself and career more now. While my peers have gone through flings, one night stands, and short term relationships, I’m still with my first and only boyfriend of 3+ years now. We even bought a condo in NYC and have three cats together!
EDIT: many people are saying 21 is not late and I 100% agree. It’s actually why I made the video in the first place! Some context is in college I knew wayyyyyyyy too many people who were constantly hooking up, swiping on tinder, dating around ALL for the sake of just having someone, not feeling left out or not feeling unwanted. Completely your choice if you decide to date around anyways, but this video is for those who are looking for a relationship for the wrong reasons like validation and peer pressure. I even knew someone who faked having a boyfriend because she didn’t want to seem left out. I was also speaking of my experience of everyone around me telling me I SHOULD be dating around even if it’s not serious and to “play around.” I didn’t like how they imposed their own ideals on me. This is what the video was for and I just wanted to reassure those who felt this way that it’s okay!
Welcome to my crib! My boyfriend, Addison, and I bought our condo in 2020 at the age of 24 (Addison at 25) and finally moved in November! This is the long awaited FINISHED apartment tour that we’re happy to show you to work with our lifestyle as busy technology consultants and content creators in NYC! As a YouTuber, I also made sure I had the right setup to optimize filming no matter the day or time and also with very little setup needed! Just a press and we’re good to go! Being technology consultants, we are also busy and need to optimize our work from home office to be the most efficient and productive that we can! It’s hard to do all of that in a NYC Brooklyn condo, but we managed to do it! We did a few changes with some paint jobs and after all of the furniture, decor, upgrades, and tech, we are FINALLY done. (Kind of, we still have shades left.)
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I am so happy with what we have in terms of how smart our home is in terms of automation for lights, entertainment, and technology, but this is not the end as we’re constantly making upgrades. After spending that much money on closing a 2 bedroom NYC condo, we wanted to do more gradual upgrades but all of the necessities now.
We also have what we like to call the ultimate home office studio because we do a LOT. We are both full time technology consultants at Accenture and work from home a lot (even before the pandemic). I plan, record, and edit YouTube videos and podcast episodes, and I run some side businesses and hustles, AND we enjoy guests so we also have a sofa bed for guests to sit and sleep in.
Hey everyone! I had the pleasure to interview Jackie Faye.
Jackie Faye is a woman of many talents! After studying computer science and business in college, she is now a data engineer AND an up-and-coming rapper in New York City. With tech and hip hop being very male dominant, I was very curious about how Jackie was doing what she was doing and the why factor behind it all. Especially when she is a Chinese Korean American LGBTQ woman from Dallas, Texas, which is totally against the norm.
After two months of living in our new New York City condo, we finally recount our lessons learned from buying a condo in New York City as first home buyers. We bought our first home at the age of 24 (25 for him), and we learned a lot together. What to look for and search in a condo or our first home, the actual process from searching to moving in, the money aspect of down payments, closing fees, taxes, and assets, and even as a couple with things we learned about each other! If we had to turn back time, this is the advice we would give us as first home buyers – especially in a crazy market like New York City real estate!
Hopefully you can learn from all of our lessons so your own journey will be smoother! We had a pretty smooth journey, but lessons are always learnt.
A question many ask me is what exactly should new consultants expect in their jobs! I’m splitting this into two videos with one on what to expect after receiving a job offer and on what to expect when starting a project to set yourself up to for success. This is all you need to make sure you succeed as a consultant, and how to even be a consultant if you have no experience. All my tips, tricks, and advice for you!
New year, new me, right? For many people, organization and “getting your sh*t together” can be their goal, so I’m providing you my exact method on how I balance a full time job as a technology consultant at Accenture while being a content creator posting two times a week for YouTube, one podcast episode a week, one IG graphic a week, and actually balancing life as well! Seems ridiculous, right? But it IS possible and I show you how. Even how exactly I PLAN my content on when to film, when to edit, when to post, and even WHAT to film! For work, I tell you how I organize my emails and calendar so you can improve your efficiency and remove the time for guess work and improvising when it comes to balancing a side hustle or multiple projects and clients in consulting!
I go IN DEPTH in how I do it. Let me know down below in the comments which ones you’re going to do yourself! This is my ULTIMATE time management guide with all of my t
This is a highly requested video from anyone who landed a consulting job! This is exactly what you need to be aware of and what you should expect to set up your career for success!
I had the pleasure of collaborating with Kajal Gada to go over all of our tips for behavioral interviews! I think the best way to actually show you HOW to answer behavioral questions is by showing you how we actually do it through a mock interview.
Make sure to check out Part 1 of this video on Kajal’s channel where she focuses on robotics for “How to RESEARCH and PREPARE for a behavioral interview? // Kajal Gada and Christine Wong.”
Kajal will play the perspective as an experienced hire or as a student with a lot of internship experiences, and I will play the perspective of a student with very few experiences, so this video should be perfect for you no matter where you are in your career journey.
Derek Mei and I go back to college freshman year when we both co-founded our collegiate chapter of Phi Chi Theta at Boston University. With a degree doing a triple major in business, computer science, and mathematics, he decided to pursue a career in UX and UI while pursuing his master’s degree in human factors in information systems at Bentley University and starting a YouTube channel called The Handoff for tips, tricks, and resources for junior designers to land their first UI or UX design job.
UX is something I’ve always been interested in myself because I love how it introduces the psychology and overall experience into the design, so I dive deep to really learn more about UX in this particular episode. If you are considering a career in UX/UI or you’re just fascinated by how technology changes lives, this is the episode for you!
It’s December 31st, so it’s the end of 2020! It definitely was a tough year for many people financially, physically, and mentally due to COVID19, but I did want to make this year to look back on the positive aspects of the year so we can end the year on a positive note. I was able to pay off my student loans, buy a home, start a YouTube channel, podcast and also the Technology Consulting Community.
I didn’t mention in this video and I’m beating myself up for not but also this was the year I started fostering cats! It’s been such an amazing experience despite the countless scratches on my arms and hands, haha.
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