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What YJ Thinks

Yew Jin Lim
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After nearly two decades building Google Search as a Eng Director, I now write about AI, crypto, trail running, and the slower practices that make life meaningful.

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Latest Issues

It was never obvious. Start anyway.

These days, I get asked every month or so by someone early in their career journey a variant of this question: how do you start a career, especially in CS, when AI is eating entry-level jobs, when the people running things seem to be making...

6 days ago
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Wisdom isn’t hard to find, it’s hard to receive

As a rule, we undervalue whatever feels abundant, and only learn its value when it becomes scarce.

For example, when you’re young, time and health feel infinite while money feels scarce. So you trade time for money, and sometimes health fo...

12 days ago
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To live, first we must die


This article talks extensively about death, even if it’s really about living. If you are feeling mentally unwell, please contact your local mental health crisis hotline.


When did you last sit with the fact that you are going...

20 days ago
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Our lives are complex, not complicated

I always look at the bright side of things and don’t dwell on the past. As such, I have a so-what-now-cowboy attitude, and I prefer this because the alternative is overthinking, which makes me anxious and leads to me going over all the pros...

a month ago
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Parkrun #5: 23:35

This series of articles is part of my journey aiming for a sub-20min 5K. See my previous articles chronicling 24:43 → 23:47 → 23:20 → 23:35 → 23:35 (this article).


The timing of my latest parkrun is not a typo. Even though I did abo...

a month ago
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