November 27, 2022
They aren’t supposed to, that’s the idea of preparation, you do it solo. You choose the task. You choose the priority. You make the changes. You choose what’s next. You decide where you need to go. The only person that notices is and will be you.
November 19, 2022
Specialize, Specialize, Specialize. Own and find your niche, focus on the niche and nothing else. But you can own multiple niches. You can specialize in multiple areas. And what you learn in one will inevitably help you in what you need to do to master the other. The only time it’s scary to be a generalist is when you make assumptions for things you don’t because you have gone as deep as you need.
November 18, 2022
We’ve all been there, on a call, on a meeting, the problem is being discussed, ideas are being thrown out, but nothing is being decided. You look around the room and see people starting to get disconnected, checking their phones, they are no longer invested and they are losing focus of the problem. It’s at this point that someone needs to take control of the situation at hand, because if they don’t, not only will this problem not get properly resolved but everything that happened before this meeting will be ignored and forgotten and all that will remain will be
November 17, 2022
This is always going to happen, someone will not always agree with what you are saying, what you are proposing, what you know to be the right path based on experience and implementation, or maybe just all the work you’ve put into it. You could be the greatest expert in the room and they still won’t listen to you (Even when they say teach us). You might have the whole room on board except for one person that doesn’t get it or doesn’t have it jive with their worldview of how things are supposed to go and they refuse to
November 16, 2022
If you’re looking to learn something new, growth does not matter in your current skillset. If you’re looking to level up your knowledge from junior to senior, growth will come from niche focus. If you’re looking to become a better leader, the answers to growth will not come from your code. If you need to become a better coder, growth might not come from a generalist conference. The key is to find out and ask yourself the question, where do you want to grow and what steps do you need to take to get there, after that you’ll know what
