I’ve been trying to get my coding blog going bit by bit but I’ve struggled with it a bit – www.forgottencoder.com – perhaps it’s due to to not enough focus, perhaps it’s due to not having enough time, whatever the case, I’m starting a new project with this blog at it’s core. For the month of June, I will be committing to doing an hour of code a day and blogging about it. The rules are;…
I wrote a LinkedIn article about a month ago and then decided to share it across a number of groups – groups that had 70,000+ members associated to them. As I wrote some clever summary I worried about how it would be perceived, what would people think? Would they love it? Would they hate it? Would they tear it apart? I could feel my brow furrowing and sweat starting to form as I clicked “Post”. And…
I need my coding fix to keep the logical part of my brain happy. I need my writing fix to get out everything I have in my head. I need my entrepreneurial fix to engage that feeling of starting something and growing it. I need my sales fix that drives me to reach out and network with people. I need my leadership fix when coaching and working with teams. I need my exhaustion fix when I finish going…
A struggle, in any profession, is looking at the work you’ve just finished creating and screaming at it… “BAH, THIS IS GARBAGE, WHO WILL WANT THIS” You could be a developer, writer, artist, product owner, carpenter, etc, etc, the list goes on. It’s the moment where you feel slightly exhausted from what you have created, from what you have expended and the image between what is in your head and what is in front of…
You have to meet everyone (and remember their names). No one really knows who you are, so you are easy to forget, and will most likely not be assigned much to do. You’ll sit there wondering why you made this change from your last job to here, based on the fun texts you are seeing from your former colleagues all out a lunch together. The questions will start to rise within you – Did I…