- a job is mostly a way to earn money. the joy and pride about your work are within yourself and not in your employer. you can do amazing work at any place. it's up to you to always try to be better an improve yourself, your work and your job.
- the mood/vibe and the work load otoh are very important. if an employer overloads you then it's wise to look around.
- simpler architectures are better
- if you need to operate a custom service and need high uptime, developers MUST be in the loop
- you don't need aws/gcp/azure to be in the cloud. openstack providers do exists and work very well (and you're improving the whole market)
- switching job is nice
- some coworkers will become friends, most of them will just pass by.
- hear various opinions, but then decide with your own head.
- taking care of your own body is super important. can't do that much coding if you're dead or sick in a hospital.
- sometimes you just have to do grunt work ("toil"). meh, it's life.
- starting doing something when you don't feel like starting is the best way to get past that feeling.
- time in the early morning >>> time at late night
- work from home is possible and not that bad. not that i had doubts, but we finally had a general, large scale, realistic test run. remember this to recruiters when they'll forget in a year or two.
- having money saved up in the bank is more important than owning shiny things or doing fancy vacations. i realized this during the lockdown when a lot of companies were halting production and/or laying off people, and i had saved up enough money not to have to go sleep under a bridge in case of job loss.
> the joy and pride about your work are within yourself and not in your employer
I just wish I realized this sooner. No one else is responsible for your career progression, job satisfaction and personal fulfillment other than yourself.
A recent experience I've had was to initiate a conversation with my boss for five years that I've been unfulfilled with how I haven't been receiving actionable, meaningful feedback for a year or two, and that I'm having problems engaging myself with the current progression of our projects due to this.
Expect how I was treated?
I find it how hard to imagine how I wound up with an insubordination charge when the reason I initiated such a discussion is because I wanted to work out the relationship and wanted to stay. I'm in charge with all of the projects, and I've been deeply involved and accountable for the whole business.
The anxiety and tension the whole situation brought to me wasn't worth it. I'm just passing time until this all blows over.
Damn that must have been a tough discussion to start. I've been burned by similarly brave moves. I, too, consult the inner stoic, and with increasing frequency it recommends silence.
- a job is mostly a way to earn money. the joy and pride about your work are within yourself and not in your employer. you can do amazing work at any place. it's up to you to always try to be better an improve yourself, your work and your job.
- the mood/vibe and the work load otoh are very important. if an employer overloads you then it's wise to look around.
- simpler architectures are better
- if you need to operate a custom service and need high uptime, developers MUST be in the loop
- you don't need aws/gcp/azure to be in the cloud. openstack providers do exists and work very well (and you're improving the whole market)
- switching job is nice
- some coworkers will become friends, most of them will just pass by.
- hear various opinions, but then decide with your own head.
- taking care of your own body is super important. can't do that much coding if you're dead or sick in a hospital.
- sometimes you just have to do grunt work ("toil"). meh, it's life.
- starting doing something when you don't feel like starting is the best way to get past that feeling.
- time in the early morning >>> time at late night
- work from home is possible and not that bad. not that i had doubts, but we finally had a general, large scale, realistic test run. remember this to recruiters when they'll forget in a year or two.
- having money saved up in the bank is more important than owning shiny things or doing fancy vacations. i realized this during the lockdown when a lot of companies were halting production and/or laying off people, and i had saved up enough money not to have to go sleep under a bridge in case of job loss.