Every day, the parameters surrounding my field of software development change.
It is a constant cycle of learning and relearning.
At times it is exhausting, in other moments it is invigorating.
There are times I would like to take a break and wait for the next cycle to occur (and sometimes this happens without me even knowing), and other times when I’m running against two competing cycles at the same time.
I’m sure many other fields are going through the same rapid change, and I don’t see it slowing down with all that we have around us.
The thing I’ve learned is that you can be part of the cycle and learn from it, but you don’t need to run at the pace that everyone else is or has. And oftentimes, the speed you are going at is faster than others, you simply can’t see it.
But you can’t ignore it, you can’t hide from it, you can’t hope it goes away.
Because it won’t, and if you want to move forward, you need to understand it, not know it, but understand – the good, the bad, and the ugly.
It’s through understanding that you learn what the cycle of change can do for you.
