It’s been 3 months since my last business update. So let’s spend some time reflecting on what’s happened. Moving on from a client It was only recently that I renogiated a new day rate with my existing client and I switched over to the mobile team. A few weeks after this happened the client decided… Continue reading BugHunterSam – update
My career growth
This blog is a reflecton on my career growth overtime and how I got here. Obviously my experiences are unique to me but if you are just starting out in your tech career or considering this career path you might enjoy reading this post. Where am I at now? I’m considered a senior mobile test… Continue reading My career growth
Maximising superannuation contributions
Now that I’ve paid off my credit card debt (Woo this feels awesome and is a huge relief), I’m now working on my next financial goal: Maximise concessional contributions into super This is not personal financial advice, this is a walkthrough of my next financial goal. Why this goal? It is the most tax effective… Continue reading Maximising superannuation contributions
Building wealth
I recently tweeted there are 2 ways to grow wealth and work toward financial independence. That is spend less and earn more. Now before you jump in and say, “3 – invest”, I view investing as part of earning more money. This blog post will go into more detail of how I do stuff under… Continue reading Building wealth
The $5 per day food challenge
When budgeting the topic of how much people spend on food often comes up. I saw someone post they had $40 to last them a week until pay day and they were asking for recipes that help stretch the budget. This is how I’d stretch a $5 per day budget for food over 2 weeks… Continue reading The $5 per day food challenge
Performance testing API’s with async/awaits
I’ve got this serverless cloud function, you can read about how I built it here. Today’s blog is how I’d go about performance testing this API using async/awaits in Typescript. The API helper class Here is the GET API function: The performance test Here’s the performance test function, it spins up 10 concurrent instances to… Continue reading Performance testing API’s with async/awaits
In defense of the retail super fund
Disclaimer; I use to work for CFS, consider me biased. Retail super funds have received a pretty bad wrap (tehe wrap). From under performing to charging excessive fees (here’s an article of BT charging high fee’s). So what have I got to say in their defense? Low cost index based investing is an option It… Continue reading In defense of the retail super fund
BugHunterSam – update
It’s been a while since my last business update. While I’m waiting for high sierra to update I thought I’d spend some time reflecting on how the business is going. Managing my finances I wrote this post on how I’m managing the finances. Overall I’m happy with how it’s going. I’m two paychecks away from… Continue reading BugHunterSam – update
Investing $1000 a month
Meet Eric, he’s a 25 year old who enjoys hanging out with friends. He earns a 70K per year salary and spends about 40K a year on living expenses. As a single bloke, he’s not super keen on jumping on the property band wagon. He enjoys having the freedom to live wherever he likes and… Continue reading Investing $1000 a month
Schema Therapy: part VI
Wow. It was in February that I last posted about schema therapy. Today I had a chair session. The idea being, that I imagine my dad sitting in an empty chair in front of me and I tell him that I don’t deserve his criticism. Role play I role play an emotional and triggering scenario.… Continue reading Schema Therapy: part VI