That next hill is always harder than the last one. Even if it is the same size, you’re already tired from the one you just finished climbing so it looks bigger, badder, like it’s going to hurt even more if you try. Or perhaps it is bigger, substantially bigger than what you are used to and/or have experience in the past. Whichever it is, there is a Hill and it is blocking your path, it…
I wrote this post on the Impostor Syndrome a while back and was trying about my thoughts on being an Impostor in general and helped me get out of it. When I look back, the moment I stopped thinking about it, was the moment I stopped thinking about it, or rather didn’t have the time to think about it and all I could do was work. Whatever happened from there was outside of my control…
Sometimes you will get it right, other times you will get it wrong. In both cases, people will probably be watching, especially if you’re leading the team. Your example that you are trying to lead by will sometimes fall flat on your face, such is life, you try to do the best for your team, for your project and it doesn’t work out. When these situations crop up, it’s easy to say – “well that…
There is a feeling of calm – it’s done, you did it – it’s over, hopefully it was well received. Hopefully there were some bugs that popped up (because that means you’re not done). But now it’s time for the next stage of work. Now it’s time to get back to ground zero and work your way back up to the next demo, the next release, the next push. You might be feeling a little…
You wouldn’t put a cast on a completely healthy leg – just in case you broke it later that week would you? Probably not. So don’t fall into the trap of doing extra coding – “just in case they want this or they want to do this or someone asks for this”. There is a line between accepting edge cases into your code and embarking on “just in case coding”. If you are using the…