Activerunning since October 2026updated 24 Oct 2026
Once a Dwarf
First-person notes from people who passed through Dwarves and people still here: what they saw and how they work now.
Who it is for
People who passed through Dwarves and people who are still here. Once a Dwarf, always a Dwarf.
What you get
- Your story in your own words, slang included
- An editor who listens and writes it down with you
- A read of the edited text before it goes up
Read the newest story
Opens Tuan Dao on delegating to AI, on memo.
How it works
- Tell anyone on the team you already talk to that you have a story.
- We get in touch, listen, and write it down with you.
- You read the edited text before it goes up.
- It goes up on memo under the next number.
Updates
- 24 Oct 2026 Every story since 2020 in one list, numbered by the date it first ran.
- 22 Oct 2026 Tuan Dao on delegating to AI, and why human review is the bottleneck.
Questions
- Does a piece speak for Dwarves?
- No. Each piece is one person's view at one moment.
- Do I need to still work at Dwarves?
- No. People who left and people still here are both welcome.
Pages in this program
About
Stories
2026
2024
- No. 42: Dat Nguyen on hybrid learningLearning
- No. 41: Duyen Tran on the Techie projectCommunity
- No. 40: Tri Tran on growth environmentTurns
- No. 39: Truong Quoc Tuan on community contributionCommunity
- No. 38: Khoi Nguyen on continuous learningLearning
2023
- No. 37: Tai Pham on community spiritCommunity
- No. 36: Nguyen Hieu Nghia on personal developmentLearning
- No. 35: Cat Nguyen on team supportLearning
- No. 34: Minh Cloud on expanding horizonsLearning
- No. 33: Nguyen Hoai Khang on community experienceCommunity
- No. 32: Vi Tran on life changesLife and drive
- No. 31: Tuan Tran on work cultureHow we work
- No. 30: Le Kim Ngan on QA standardsCraft
- No. 29: Hoang Nguyen on youthful energyHow we work
- No. 28: Khoi Ngo on mentorship cultureLeading
- No. 27: Dat Pham on remote work disciplineHow we work
- No. 26: Bien Vo on customer valueLeading
- No. 25: Toan Ho on community buildingCommunity
- No. 24: Dinh Nam on community learningCommunity
- No. 23: Cuong Mai on work-life balanceLife and drive
- No. 22: Hoang Anh on self-motivationLife and drive
- No. 21: Nhut Huynh on team leadershipLeading
- No. 20: Khac Vy on learning culture and mentorshipLearning
- No. 19: Tay Nguyen on focusing on the coreCraft
2022
- No. 18: My Anh on data to backendLearning
- No. 17: Hieu Vu on Golang journeyCraft
- No. 16: Duy Nguyen on finding her pathTurns
- No. 15: Nam Nguyen on growth journeyTurns
- No. 14: An Tran on senior engineeringLeading
- No. 13: Tom Nguyen on remote workingHow we work
- No. 12: Anh Tran on UI design journeyCraft
- No. 11: Thanh Pham on engineering managementLeading
2021
- No. 10: Duc Nghiem on motivation from withinLife and drive
- No. 09: Duc Nghiem on raising a daughterLife and drive
- No. 08: Huy Tieu on joining a nonprofitTurns
- No. 07: Tuan Dao on learning from mistakesLearning
- No. 06: Loc Nguyen on working in GermanyHow we work
- No. 05: Phat Nguyen on career transitionTurns
- No. 04: Duc Nghiem on backing startupsTurns