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When I was a new developer just a couple months out of school, and was very eager to be a part of my company and fit in, an older developer told me “remember that your interests an…

One diagram, one page of understandable text. I, for one, would welcome such a return to sanity.

I do agree with some of this, but a lot of it seems to misunderstand the nature of intrinsic motivation. > to try to do things that would make your friends say wow Not great advice…

To me, one exciting motivation today in computing is rethinking and simplifying systems. https://youtu.be/k0uE_chSnV8 https://youtu.be/kZRE7HIO3vk

I work at one of a small group of companies that develops a somewhat niche technology that I fell in love with many years ago. For several years, I had a driving intrinsic motivati…

Despite the name, “Reverse Engineering for Beginners” is an excellent resource and can get pretty advanced at times. https://beginners.re/

I am absolutely burned out with my tech job. The only thing keeping me in it for now is fear: in a minor way, losing the paycheck and benefits for a while; but more significantly, …

This perspective on burnout was really helpful for me (and helped me understand the gravity of it): https://youtu.be/hFkI69zJzLI