Whether you call them "New Years Resolutions" or not, this time of year always has good energy for recharging.
What's your outlook like?
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Whether you call them "New Years Resolutions" or not, this time of year always has good energy for recharging.
What's your outlook like?
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Some pretty big changes! A new dev job coming up in London, which is a big move for me having grown up and come from smaller cities before.
As if that's not challenging enough... I will also be working with Rust in my new job, and I don't know an awful lot about it just yet π
And all of that has inspired me to write this up (shameless plug upcoming π):
Five advice for a developer settling into a new team
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Hope you're not too nervous about it all! In my experience choosing a position that offers more challenge rather than less forces you into a "strive to be great" mentality and prevents stagnation. You'll likely have a lot of fun :)
That's reassuring to hear, and not stagnating is what I'm aiming for! Regardless of how the experience turns out (which I'm sure I'll be fine, haha maybe comments like this can keep me "accountable" in six month's time), I'm excited to see what I'd have learnt from it!
For sure and I think that's the best way to look at it :). I took a new job nearly 2 years ago now where I knew very little about most of the tech stack they use. And I'm so glad I did because I'm still learning each day and I also know I'm able to add my own expertise into the business and add value.
Best of luck into the new year!
Big changes and big challenges, but it sounds awesome. I'm sure you'll do great!
Thank you! It's fair to say I'm super excited but equally a bit nervous! I'm sure the nerve will settle once I got into the hang of things π π
Trying to work more efficiently/effectively! Produce more (or more relevant) work while putting in the same (or less) time and effort. Focus on what's really important and relevant (things that make me a buck, feel more rewarding, etc). Waste less time so that there's more time left for things outside work.
For becoming more efficient, productive and energetic, I can recommend you these books:
I've read all of them and a ton of other books. I think these three are sufficient in understanding different approaches and viewing the problem from multiple angles. They are also nice to read, I enjoyed the language.
Also working more from home to shut off co-worker's daily blabla helps a lot.
Thanks man! I think it's all down to "discipline" but these books look like they make for an interesting read ... oh and BTW I'm already working from home as I'm a remote freelancer :-)
True, in essence you have to be
For me all starts with the discipline to get up early. It's hard, especially during winter I struggle with it because it's so dark in northern Europe (we now have 4h of sunlight oO).
Hehe, that's the part I enjoy the most about my life: being a remote freelancer ;-)
"Flow" is really the big thing for me ... the moment I get into the flow and I can shut off all distractions is when I can be truly productive :-) ...
Even then, it often feels like the 24 hours in a day are never enough, BUT this is a matter of setting priorities and choosing what's REALLY important for you ... you have to acknowledge that it's simply impossible to do "everything".
First, I need to let myself heal. College is over and I finally feel like Iβm working in a safe and supportive environment. I want to learn and give so much there, but I canβt do that to the extent I want until I heal from the past.
Then, 2020 is going to be a year of loving myself so I can give to back to the community as it gave to me this year. β€οΈ
That is great, and this sounds awesome all around!
I have high hopes of visiting a tech conference in the US!
Any ones you're looking into in particular?
re:Invent, ReactConf and maybe a dev.to one, which has never happened yet!
Going on a "sandwich diet" until I lose 40lbs.
As long as it's in sandwich form, I can eat it.
Lettuce sandwich using high fiber wheat bread might help.
This bread has a lot of fiber, grains so hard its like eatings stones.
I never said it would taste good LOL.
Anything's a sandwich if you have two slices of bread.
I'm always so tired after work, I have a really hard time keeping up with side projects! I'd really like to hammer in some time each week and keep up with it.
Remind me to stop working retail marketing sometime soon.
I feel this so much. There's so many projects I want to try or ideas that float into my head while working. But when I get home or the weekend comes, there's just no energy!!
We can do this!!
Heck yes we can!!!
Really? I thought I might want to study Marketing. Something in fashion like high end clothing or cosmetics.
Oh I'm just being a bit dramatic. I truly love it, but sometimes it just annoys the hell out of me (especially since I specialize with in-house small businesses and usually end up working on the floor a lot).
If it sounds intriguing, I highly suggest it! Marketing can be taxing, but when you enjoy it it's a lot of fun.
I'll be working on my habit building. Right now I have a lot of bad habits that need to be got rid of, irregular bedtime routine being the most serious one. Also need to build up good habits, fitness training, writing regularly, meditation, etc.
Thatβs a good one, what made you decide on specifically habit building?
If you havenβt come across it already, The Compound Effect is an awesome book on forming habits.
Because I've accumulated an array of bad habits during my depression a couple of years ago, and I think I can only truly disconnect myself with that period of life by getting rid of them and building good habits. There are a lot of things that I want to do that are not possible if I still have those bad habits.
I haven't read the book The Compound Effect yet, it's on my reading list now! :)
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and I would love to make the big thread club here at dev
I owe you a message about this btw, I want to help but Iβve been busy. Iβll be in touch some point soon.
Thanks Ben!
Can you tell me something about your project? From the store's description I understand that you plan to rivalize with Google Assistant, Alexa and co
Well, though Ara is not quite done yet, its very expandable. when the final release comes around I could introduce all new features by just writing the code for the feature, adding it to a web service, and adding an entire to A DB. if there is an issue I can just take the entire down. the front end need about a week more work for version 1.0 the back end may need 2 (I am adding an IOT ecosystem), I will be happy to answer any more questions you may have.
Just trying to improve more with Blender, drawing, and programming. I'd like to spend more time on larger projects to show myself what I've learned so far. With a full-time job, it can be extremely hard to keep up the momentum after 8 hours at the computer. Working at home helps.
The trouble with NYRs is the strong temptation to give up after the first failure, so I suppose this paraphrase of Jonathan Edwards' Resolution 56 of 70 should be at the top of the list.
After that I need to get more consistent with a number of things:
I could keep adding to that list. I'm getting better at self-examination. Might have avoided some seriously bad times if I'd done more of it my teens, twenties, thirties ... um forties, early fifties ...
Basically changing my entire routine & being more accountable
TL;DR
Wake up earlier. Exercise more. Read more. Build a company.
Routine
Waking up at 04:30. Making the bed
45 minute jog & exercise
05:30 - 5.45 : shower
Reading from 05:45 to 06:30
Breakfast, brush teeth 6:30 - 7:00
07:00 - 07:15 read emails (I don't get many as of now so this shouldn't take much time)
07:30 - 08:30 Customer acquisition plan/Advertising planning (for a book I'm winding up on - applies to January) and learning
08:45 - 09:15 - Slack, hopefully joining a new remote team as a SWE mid-Jan. Daily call for update
(15 min break)
09:30 - 15:30 - Work, with 15 minute breaks in between. Will also have a lunch/snack
15:45 - 19:00 - Recording videos & working on my ventures (hands on)
The hope is to be able to delegate most of the stuff
This is getting a bit lengthy but I'm still working on the routine. Would love any thoughts and pointers too
I want to increase my problem solving and analytical abilities as I begin my journey as a Full Time Software Developer for a Fortune 500 company at the end of the month! I also want to finish my personal website using React and hopefully begin working on small projects to keep learning and retaining information! I will be reading more books and trying to structure a balanced life style which enables me to spend time with my Fiance, friends, and even have some down time to play some video games without eating a lot of my productivity time.
I want to build something people pay for...
I am struggling with identify the right idea that I can get to market easily. I know I just want to bootstrap it. And that I have two young kids and a wife.
Anyone have suggestions? Must be web based, itβs what I know well.
The Silicon Valley model of "big idea π figure out a market π figure out a monetization strategy" does not work for bootstrappers. You don't have the runway to flail around that long. You'll have better luck approaching the problem starting with the people.
"who I can serve π problems they pay to solve π create those solutions"
The solution doesn't have to be big. You can start small and work from there. It also doesn't have to be software, unless you really want it to be for some reason. Small product ideas you could build and sell in less than six months could be a book, course, or Wordpress Plugin for example. I'm sure there are more.
Anyone else have any ideas?
Consider following @thekitze and Swizec. They seem to be doing well in this space. They're generally quite active on Twitter.
If you're in Java 8+.
I'm a pretty good dev, one of the best at what I do. But over the years I've always kept what I know to myself, I feel it has kind of had a negative impact. I also suffered a burnout towards the end of last 2019 and kind of felt like i stagnated a bit, so here are the changes I will be making:
1) I'm hosting a meetup in the first quarter of 2020 for intermediate to senior backend devs in Lagos Nigeria. I hope to use it as a platform to help grow the backend community and also to help me share what I know and learn as well. (Backend speakers required)
2) Also will be hosting a backend conference sometime between 2nd and 3rd quater for same purposes. (Speakers also needed)
3) Write a whole lot more and speak at more conferences other than what I organize (So watch out for a horde of articles dev.to)
4) Developer advocacy is something I have become really interested in of late. I will be actively seeking a position as an advocate
5) Intend to pick up at least one open-source project to actively contribute to
6) Picked a book called essentialism, intend to learn how to use the power of less
7) Lastly, picking up a new language (Golang) and will be putting a lot of what I learnt from ML this year to good use
I expect it to be a busy year and most of my activities will be organized towards improving the backend community in my country, continent and at large and also coming out of my shell.