Dear new developer, I struggle with envy. I find one kind particularly insidious. It's the envy I have of someone I know online. I'll see someone younger than me, or less experienced than I am, or less knowledgeable than me. But they somehow have 10x the Twitter followers, or have been asked to headline conferences, … Continue reading Try to feel inspired, not envious
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The despair of not being good
Dear new developer, I recently learned a new skill. And I wasn't good at it. (The skill, if you must know, was writing with a certain tone for a corporate blog. But the lessons below apply for any skill.) I don't like being "not good", aka bad, at something. Especially since it was adjacent to … Continue reading The despair of not being good
