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

Beyond Coding

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