Sajer's Blog
Will you be an AI User as an Engineer or Scientist? career improvement self improvement May 01, 2023

Will AI Revolutionize Engineering Jobs or Leave Engineers in the Dust?

If you had to decide whether your employees should learn to use AI, or ban them from using it, which would it be?

Like all new technologies, we tend to get emotional and polarised about whether it should be adopted or not. So...

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Choosing Resilience - How To Bounce Back When Disaster Strikes life lessons mental health self improvement Mar 28, 2023

We are nearly 6 weeks post cyclone Gabrielle, as I write this. In a normal six weeks, lots can happen. In this case, it feels like a lifetime has happened. 

Most of you reading this won’t realise the impact of the largest storm in living memory – the region has transformed.

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Tips For Creating A Successful Technical Career Without Sacrificing Your Sanity lifestyle hacks Jan 26, 2023

A Successful Engineering Career Without Working Long Hours?

Is it even possible?

Do you want to progress in your technical career, but you DON’T want to work 50 or 60-hour weeks?

Here are our three big tips on how to have a successful career without sacrificing your sanity.

Tip #1: What is...

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Tradeoffs of Leaving The City Moving to The Country lifestyle change Jan 04, 2023

We thought making a lifestyle change would make life less stressful…  

The good news is – life is less stressful.  

But I wouldn't say that it was “stressless”.  

We made a sea change back in 2017 by moving from the hustle and bustle of...

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Thinking Of A Lifestyle Change? Read This First lifestyle change Dec 20, 2022

Is moving out of the city all it’s cracked up to be? 

Sure the commutes are short, and the backyards are big – but are there some downsides? 

Like everything in life, there are always tradeoffs.  

We made a sea change (or a kinda tree change) in 2017 - We...

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Want to live more vibrantly? My simple approach for more energy. Nov 23, 2022

I often get asked, “How do have time to do everything you do?” 

I work fulltime as a manager, I’m on the school board, I run this business, I paint watercolors regularly, I read loads of self-development books, and I am still fit – not to mention the family and the...

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