Have you ever wondered what makes a well-knit, efficient team? I was considering different aspects of teams in scope of leadership, efficiency, architecture, and personal relations, and at some point came to a conclusion.
After years of a single-unit pricing of software, also known as the “box licenses”, the software engineering industry seemed to fully embrace the perpetual subscriptions.
I’ve heard an amazing advice lately:
I love engineering. I love building things, and solving problems.
When facing mockery for following good practices, or criticism, I tend to shrug it off. I learned that, to detach myself from the emotional side of being criticized and mocked for things I consider valuable in my daily life and work.
Here’s an interesting concept: boring tasks are a natural break time for our minds to cool down, and relax.
When working in a creative field, being afraid is the worse thing one can do to themselves.
There is a term of cognitive load, referring to the effort being used in the working memory: how hard it is to keep everything in mind, in other words.
I have two gripes with my generation. One, work is often seen as a mundane process of obtaining money. Two, rampant acceptance of bad company culture, and mishandling at work, because work feeds one's family.
When we're working for a while on something, it's easy to loose track of the motivation.
