If no one knows the answer to your question, then you’ve become the expert in that area. Or that’s the joke. That’s not the answer you were looking for, but it’s the truth as to what is going to happen next. Your options: become the expert, relish in it, own it, make it your own, or put it aside and wait for someone else who wants to take on the role. When you’re an expert,…
If you’re always watching the latest weather forecast, you’ll never do anything. It might rain, it could be a bit windy, the heat might be too much, or it could be freezing cold, filled with snow and hail. Or it could be fine for what you are doing, and you can work around it. The same goes for forecasted profits and income, yes, assuming today, everything stays the same, but if we change the date…
Between May and July is bug season. If you haven’t finished your outside work by then, it’s not getting started until August. Factors outside of your control now control your work. Bugs are everywhere and they drive what we do, even if they are completely unrelated to it.
Believe it or not, if you do bit by bit each day, each week, it does work. It just depends on whether the bit you are doing is actually worthwhile. I.e., running 5 minutes a day might not help too much, running 20 probably better. Doing learning on new topics, a chapter a day will render results, a page not so much. Bit by Bit works as long as the bits are worth the effort.
Every day, the parameters surrounding my field of software development change. It is a constant cycle of learning and relearning. At times it is exhausting, in other moments it is invigorating. There are times I would like to take a break and wait for the next cycle to occur (and sometimes this happens without me even knowing), and other times when I’m running against two competing cycles at the same time. I’m sure many other…