Leadership

How I work with other people, and the teams I have been part of.

In teams, I usually end up being the one who gives things some structure. I send an agenda before a meeting, post updates on what each of us still has to do (including me), and try to agree early on how we work so that nobody has to guess. I also like telling people exactly what they did well. Being acknowledged matters a lot to me, so I try to do the same for others.

I am still learning a lot of this. I like taking my time to reach a good decision, which is not always what a team needs when we are behind, so being more decisive is the main thing I am working on. I am also taking a leadership course at NUS this semester, and it has made me think harder about how I come across to the people I work with.

Teams I've been part of

These go from newest to oldest. Some of them I led, and in the others I was one of the team.

  • From Dec 2026

    Resident Assistant, Prince George's Park Residences

    NUS student residence

    I was selected in November 2026, and I start in December.

  • Oct to Nov 2026

    Team member, Beans n Beats queue system

    Five people, for a charity coffee booth's pitch

    I set up the repo and was one of the two people reviewing and merging everyone's changes. My own parts were the ready board, the pickup scanner and the reset between event days.

  • Aug to Nov 2026

    Team lead, TuteeDex

    Five people, NUS software engineering course

    I ran our weekly meetings, set up how we review and merge code, and coordinated four releases and two rounds of testing. Early on, I also led the workshops where we agreed on the product scope and wrote our first seven feature specs.

  • Oct 2026

    Concept and design, Bone Voyage

    Two people, a game jam with about two days

    I picked the concept, drew the sketches the art is based on, and made the design decisions. We published it on 31 October.

  • 2026

    Team member, database systems project

    NUS database systems course

    For one four-hour project meeting, I prepared a shared template with the agenda, open issues, who was doing what and our deadlines. I also kept notes of what we decided so the discussion stayed on track.

  • Mar 2026

    Co-developer, Mr.Krabs

    Three people, a hackathon

    I defined the task schema and tested how well it pulled tasks out of normal messages.