Working from Anywhere, Goals, Impact and Freelancing with Eva Zahrawi Ruiz
Beyond Coding13 Syys 2023

Working from Anywhere, Goals, Impact and Freelancing with Eva Zahrawi Ruiz

Connect with Eva Zahrawi Ruiz:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/evazahrawi

http://the2ndhalf.nl

https://twitter.com/evaza


Check out her podcast!

https://podcasts.apple.com/en/podcast/the-2nd-half-your-guide-to-a-more-fulfilling-career-and-life/id1493425732


Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/oldZF_jgy9I

New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode!


OUTLINE:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:35 - Planning for Japan 2025

00:02:20 - Patrick missed out on a trip to Japan and Russia

00:03:00 - Why Eva loves Japan

00:04:21 - Japan is affordable

00:06:57 - Eva is big on travelling

00:10:12 - Patrick is travelling more and more

00:11:34 - Combining work and travelling

00:14:38 - Flexibility as freelancer

00:16:25 - International opportunities

00:18:56 - Discipline of working from abroad

00:22:36 - Stepping out of your regular routine

00:25:14 - Losing the title

00:27:18 - Profession crisis

00:30:20 - There is always a way back

00:33:39 - No one expected Eva to leave

00:37:37 - Enjoying the work you do

00:40:14 - Growing as fast as possible

00:42:37 - What is your mission?

00:45:29 - Eva's core values

00:50:10 - Working towards certain goals

00:54:28 - Difficult conversations

00:58:34 - For as long as it takes

01:00:09 - Being good with politics

01:03:29 - Eva hates escalations

01:07:51 - Not just executing on orders

01:13:32 - Figuring out the why

01:16:57 - Managing to avoid clashes

01:19:56 - Companies are big social experiments

01:21:28 - People are inherently good

01:25:40 - Making it your managers problem

01:29:51 - Only come with good news

01:33:21 - Complain in one on ones

01:35:39 - Final thoughts

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