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Mark Moves At The Pace He Trusts
Published 7/12/2025•1:31:07•with Mark Siazon
Mark shares his philosophy on moving at your own pace and trusting the process.
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About This Episode
Mark Siazon is a front-end developer and UI/UX designer who was the person who pushed the Good To Live Podcast host to start the show. In this episode, Mark explains how writing clear GitHub documentation for every project is his form of craftsmanship branding — letting the quality of the work speak for itself without loud marketing. His core philosophy: move at the pace where you trust the quality of your output, never compromising standards just to appear faster.
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Mark Siazon
Mark Siazon is a hybrid Product Designer and Full-Stack Developer, and a BS Computer Science Graduate from the University of Makati, majoring in Application Development. He's been building user-centered digital products since 2022 across academic, freelance, and professional work — earning a consistent spot on the Dean's List along the way.
In his professional field, he's grown from UI/UX intern to Product Designer and developer, leading brand overhauls, scalable design systems, user research, and full-stack builds for real clients. Outside of work, he's part of the team behind ResQLink — an AI-powered disaster response app — and BaybayInscribe, an AI app for learning Baybayin, the ancient Filipino script, where he contributed as both designer and developer.
In 2025, his team's work started getting recognized — placing as champions at a couple of hackathons and landing a Top 10 spot at the PH Startup Challenge NCR. But honestly, that's not what makes him interesting to talk to. He's been on Good To Live Podcast more than once, and every time he shows up with the same quiet thoughtfulness he puts into everything he does.
About This Episode
Mark Siazon is a front-end developer and UI/UX designer who was the person who pushed the Good To Live Podcast host to start the show. In this episode, Mark explains how writing clear GitHub documentation for every project is his form of craftsmanship branding — letting the quality of the work speak for itself without loud marketing. His core philosophy: move at the pace where you trust the quality of your output, never compromising standards just to appear faster.
Key Takeaways
- •Move at the pace where you trust the quality of your work, not the pace others expect from you.
- •Well-documented GitHub repositories are a form of personal branding that signals craftsmanship to anyone who finds your work.
- •Quality and intentionality in how you present your work matters as much as the work itself.
- •The gym builds more than physical strength — it is a social environment that grows your network and trains commitment.
- •Never compare your timeline to someone else's; the right pace is the one where you are not compromising your standards.
- •Encouraging others to start their creative or professional projects — as Mark did for this podcast — is itself a meaningful contribution.
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