One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
In general, I would say that I went from failure to failure without loosing my enthousiasm... which is what Churchill described as the true meaning of success.
In the details
๐ซ๐ท => ๐ฉ๐ช I tried to live in Paris, France. Didn't work for me. I moved on and I'm now since 5 years a proud Berliner
๐๐ฐ I went through painful relationship issues and ended up finding a woman I married
๐ค I had terrible depression crisis and survived. It feels great to be alive!
๐ฑI struggled to become a professional Android developer. It took me years to realize that in fact it was the platform in fact that not well designed and plagues with terrible conventions and documentations.
๐ต I moved away from Android and don't want to be put in a box anymore. Specialization is for insects
๐จโ๐ป After years of seeing others do open-source, I became a prolific contributor and started my own project, which has worked quite nicely since one year and I have exciting plans going forward
๐ค I also started giving speeches at meetups and want to do more of it
๐๐๐ I became better at understanding my needs, at communicating, at being flexible like water when it didn't really matter, but assertive and direct when it was something important for me
๐ซ๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ช๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐ต I became fluent in English, German and Spanish. I also learned a bit of Italian, Esperanto and Japanese.
๐พ๐จ๐ด I had life-changing trips in Colombia and in Japan
โ๐ป I started writing after lots of years reading what other people had to say
๐น๐ธ๐๏ธ๐ถ I learned to play guitar (I already could play piano) and to sing better
๐บ๐ป๐๐ฝ I learned lots of dance, from Salsa to Argentine Tango
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
Awesome question
In general, I would say that I went from failure to failure without loosing my enthousiasm... which is what Churchill described as the true meaning of success.
In the details
It sounds like you overcame some incredible challenges, Jean-Michael. Tu es une inspiration!
Quelle type de musique joues-tu ร la guitare?
Health issues was the hardest part,
and the catalyst for much of the rest.
J'adore la musique d'Amรฉrique du Sud et d'Espagne.
Salsa, Cumbia, Tango, Bumbuco, ...