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About Me

Hi 👋 my name is Mark Minseok Kim. I am one of the builders at the Kong Insomnia team. Headlines (not in the order of importance)

• 🤙 I'm born and raised in Ulsan, South Korea.
• 🇨🇦 I live in Montreal, QC, Canada.
• ❤️ I truly love what I do.
• 🍽️ I love hosting and feeding people!
• 🛼 I used to do vert skating with rollerblades until I was injured.
• 🗺️ I have done a lot of traveling and will continue!
• 😀 I'm enthusiastic and a good listener.
• 🍜 I love ramen (both making it for people and eating it for myself!)
• 🔤 English is not my first language 😅

Myers-Briggs Type

“The Campaigner” (ENFP-A) Individual traits:

• Mind: 70% Extraverted
• Energy: 61% Intuitive
• Nature: 53% Feeling
• Tactics: 74% Prospecting
• Identity: 57% Assertive

Although it may not be completely accurate, I may have some attributes that belong to the ENFP-A type, but please don’t look at me with that filter. Having said that, if you would like to help me learn, I suggest you take the devil’s advocate approach instead of convincing why something is bad. If I can operate independently and explore, I may bring some good values to the table in collaboration.

Working With Me

• I want to take my responsibility for my words how longever it takes
• I'm responsive and independent.
• I like to see what you are talking about to believe in it
• I would like to think through different scenarios
• I would appreciate direct and honest feedback rather than breadcrumbs
• When you give me feedback, please know that you are also welcome to ask for feedback as I believe in bidirectional feedback loops
• I believe that people have good intentions most of the time in their actions towards others unless proven otherwise with some signs.
• If we happen to be in the same city, I will invite you for homemade dinner when tools and space are available! Harissa chickpeas chicken or fusion dokkbokki is my default dish for that! (occasionally ramen).
• I will not ignore any of your comments in the PR and I will appreciate it if you leave comments instead of making “requested changes” unless it is actually breaking something.
• I believe that a group run by only one genius doesn’t go as far as a group made of few genius people who help others also turn into genius
• My principle to life is being flexible to changes
• I may not enjoy so much of very opinionated environments
• I love user experience! You can name it and we can discuss in length

How I Perform

• I am a listener.
• I learn by thinking first and doing.
• I work well first on my own to organize my thinking and then collaborate to elevate the work and identify blind spots.
• I work well under stress, but my communication skills may regress.
• I work best in environments where exploration and flexibility are allowed.

Coaching Me

• Allow me to reach out first for coaching unless there is a reason (for instance, I am experiencing some negativity -such as burnout- or creating some negativity)
• Challenge me gently by giving critical thinking; it works best when
  • you give me pros and cons without bias on one side
  • you ask me what’s my position and why?
  • you let me come back to you at it
• Utilize my strengths; avoid exposing my weaknesses.
• Let’s make action items out of the coaching
• If you need to criticize me, please do so gently and constructively with expected outcomes for changes.

Final Thought

Let’s build some cool stuff together!