February 11, 2025

Make it happen

I just published another new blog post — Make it happen. It's an old story about a trip to LA and some spontaneous decisions that ended up changing the course of my career:

In 2012 I was working at Google on the Chrome team in Munich.

I was writing a lot of JavaScript code and constantly having to wait for code reviews from a team in Los Angeles. On one of my trips to Mountain View, I thought: screw it, I’m going to LA to meet those bastards.

I didn’t ask my manager, didn’t tell the LA team I was coming — just booked a flight, went into the office, and introduced myself.

And you know what? They were incredibly welcoming. They offered me a desk, we had lunch together, and they took me out for drinks that night.