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I recently read Atomic Habits by James Clear, and also listened to some process philosophy from Steven West's Philosophize This. One takeaway that I had was on the danger of setting goals. I am trying to build a mindset of 'becoming' or to embrace the journey of the goal rather than really trying to achieve a specific milestone. - I want to reduce/eliminate my alcohol consumption to become a person that doesn't rely…
Happy new year!! Everyone. I want to finally get my first job as a developer. I have been trying to transition into tech for the past two years. I have been teaching general and advanced mathematics in high schools here in Nigeria. My goal will be to finally land a programming job in 2022. Anyone hiring or any senior looking to take a valuable junior under his belt I'm open to working, learning and adding great value…
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Happy new year!! Everyone. I want to finally get my first job as a developer. I have been trying to transition into tech for the past two years. I have been teaching general and advanced mathematics in high schools here in Nigeria. My goal will be to finally land a programming job in 2022. Anyone hiring or any senior looking to take a valuable junior under his belt I'm open to working, learning and adding great value…
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Thanks everyone for your kind words and encouragement.
- Figure out my housing situation (hopefully move in with a friend, otherwise find roommates), moved back in with my parents after living alone during COVID which was terrible for my mental health
- Get a pet
- Volunteer at an animal shelter
- Be more social
All in all, just trying to rebuild my mental stability is top priority, the last three years have really taken its toll on me and I’m generally just scared of where I’m at right now :(
On personal front - spend more time with my daugther (she's 2 in February) and go outside camping/overlanding much more. Also lose weight.
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> I want to reduce/eliminate my alcohol consumption... same here. each year it just takes more and more out of me physically/mentally, this year really seemed to emphasize that. looking for 6 months here and then will re-evaluate. in the past breaking a sweat when the urge/opportunity arises has been pretty effective.
I have found AA and the community as a whole welcoming. I’ve spent the last 18 years of my life try to “control” my drinking. Not drinking on work nights, staying sober for months at a time but I always found myself down that slippery slope. The pandemic and work from home made it 1000% times worse. I didn’t have to shower or commute. I’d roll out of bed login, do standup and start drinking. It never affected my work…
My plans for the year are mostly limited to finishing/releasing the things I’ve already been working on, which would be a first.
In the first place for now will stay being a good father though :)
1. Increase the Bus Factor of our main application. 2. Develop mentoring skills. 3. Start to transition away from being a full-time developer to a staff engineer. 4. Create a culture that is highly tolerable of risk and failure. 2-4 are not just work focused but are also family focused. So much of what we do as a family embraces comfort rather than risk-taking. We should do more of that.
> 4. Create a culture that is highly tolerable of risk and failure. I'm curious; in what context? Would this be at a personal level, a team level, or something bigger?
In my personal/family life allowing my kids the freedom to do big things with enough oversight to ensure basic safety but giving them the freedom to try things and figure stuff out. Give them goals but force them to think through ideas, try things and take chances. I've done this a little in the past and have always been amazed at the results.
Team level: not enforcing a very strict "it must be coded in this way approach" (unless it is obviously wrong). Giving people the ability to try out new ideas and building some time in for learning how not to do things. Example: if a dev takes a couple of days to build a new feature but it turns out that feature sucks, it should be OK that he tried it. Trying to be more of an encouragement to designers and allow designs—even bad ones to get some play. We might learn something along the way.