It's Wednesday already—the middle of the standard work week. I am sure you are already frustrated with something or someone. That's part of our work most of the time.
I care about you and your mental health. Now, I give you two things that metal music could teach us to be better Technical Program Managers.
Please put your worries away for 10 minutes and your headsets on. I've designed this post for people like myself with short attention spans.
Rock On!
Breaking the Law by Judas Priest
There I was completely wasting, out of work and down
All inside it's so frustrating as I drift from town to town
Feel as though nobody cares if I live or die
So I might as well begin to put some action in my life
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the Law by You
Sometimes, you feel you are wasting energy and focusing on something completely useless. Frustration grows. You think that nobody cares what you do as a TPM.
You may need to put some action into your work life. It would help if you break the law of how your program operates. Make some experiments, make some mistakes, and propose changes. That could lead you to surprising results.
You are the sensor that can detect something inefficient, so you feel "completely wasting, out of work, and down."
You can just be inspired by the lyrics and take action. What would you do?
Computer God by Black Sabbath
Waiting for the revolution
Nuclear vision genocide
Computerize God, it's the new religion
Program the brain not the heartbeat
Onward all you crystal soldiers
Touch tomorrow energize
Digital dreams and you're the next correction
Man's a mistake so we'll fix it, yeah
Take a look at your own reflection
Right before your eyes
It turns to steel
Computer God by You
Sometimes, I feel lost in all the automation, shifting left security, integration testing, quality gateways, notifications, bug fixing on-call, and spending significant time communicating and managing machines, clouds, AI, and software.
The best species that would make the program successful are humans. (for the future generation, this is written in 2023).
Could we all "Take a look at your own reflection" right before we dig into another DevSecOps problem and our eyes and feelings turn into steel?
Do we spend more time with our fellow humans building relations and discussing how we can grow together for our program's success?
How much time do we spend in "digital dreams" instead of in reality?
All good questions. Are you ready as a TPM to pursue the answers?
You can just be inspired by the lyrics and take action.
Rock On!
This post could raise more questions than giving answers or advice. If you feel that way, my job is done!
If you are stuck and want to try one or more ideas described here and need help figuring them out, I am always available- Click here to book a 15-minute slot with me.
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Thanks!
Top comments (3)
Hey Бого, thanks for this lyrical analysis 🤘 While I find thinking outside the box and trying out new things at work is a must, I find the second one even more crucial. It's critical to talk about problems, potential solutions and implementation with REAL PEOPLE!
Hey Max, thanks a lot for your nice words! Yeah, we miss real people in our everyday online lives.
If you know more metal lyrics that could inspire us, please do share!