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It’s important to drive your own work-life balance. You only have the cognitive load to juggle so many balls. Can you drop some?
What *worked* for me was taking 2 weeks off to just staycation and work on my health, then shortening my week by taking Fridays off. #DevDiscuss
What *worked* for me was taking 2 weeks off to just staycation and work on my health, then shortening my week by taking Fridays off. #DevDiscuss
Not everyone can afford to destress by travel, and traveling is a logistics nightmare for me (kids, dog, chickens, plants, pandemic). However I do have plenty of PTO, so I use them up by just being a dad and husband 100% of the time. Cooking, running, biking, reading. #DevDiscuss
I often link people who say the B word to two burnout talks I resonated a lot with, and I hope you do too.
This one by @ashleymcnamara at AllThingsOpen:
This one by @jesslynnrose at DjangoCon US 2019:
Please watch. #DevDiscuss
This one by @ashleymcnamara at AllThingsOpen:
This one by @jesslynnrose at DjangoCon US 2019:
Please watch. #DevDiscuss
I've been remotely working for about 12 years.
The past year was not in any way normal. Kids being home 24/7 and my wife working remote is...different. The days are long and intertwined.
A dedicated space is essential, IMO. Unwinding starts by leaving that space.
#DevDiscuss
The past year was not in any way normal. Kids being home 24/7 and my wife working remote is...different. The days are long and intertwined.
A dedicated space is essential, IMO. Unwinding starts by leaving that space.
#DevDiscuss
It's very important to realize that some people are working remote by choice. And many more (right now) are doing so by necessity. The latter is basically an invasion of work into their home.
These are not people working at home because they want to, they're camping and coping.
These are not people working at home because they want to, they're camping and coping.
In our house, I work remote by choice (for over a decade). My wife is working remote because her company closed their offices (now permanently). Add in kids needing space for school every weekday and...oof.
Nothing about this is normal. And I'm an introvert who recharges solo.
Nothing about this is normal. And I'm an introvert who recharges solo.
To someone new, IMO a mentors primary jobs are:
1. Be there.
2. Be welcoming.
3. Be patient.
4. Make sure they're recognized.
5. Be a DNS server. They don't know to go or who to ask, you'll be asked for a "who...?" a lot. Documentation helps, but is rarely 100%.
#DevDiscuss
1. Be there.
2. Be welcoming.
3. Be patient.
4. Make sure they're recognized.
5. Be a DNS server. They don't know to go or who to ask, you'll be asked for a "who...?" a lot. Documentation helps, but is rarely 100%.
#DevDiscuss
Mentoring comes first.
Your work comes second.
Ideally, pair on things to do both.
YOU NEED THE BACKING OF MANAGEMENT/PM/ETC. ON THIS.
The last part is critical. It's a marathon and you're supposed to be investing. Don't sacrifice tomorrow to ship something today.
#DevDiscuss
Your work comes second.
Ideally, pair on things to do both.
YOU NEED THE BACKING OF MANAGEMENT/PM/ETC. ON THIS.
The last part is critical. It's a marathon and you're supposed to be investing. Don't sacrifice tomorrow to ship something today.
#DevDiscuss
Mentoring cannot be an afterthought or something "on the side". It has to be a primary function and a priority. It's not fair to either side if it's anything less.
The org needs to make it a priority if they're serious about it. And if they do, it'll pay dividends.
#DevDiscuss
The org needs to make it a priority if they're serious about it. And if they do, it'll pay dividends.
#DevDiscuss
one of the best parts of development, even more fun than solving algorithmic riddles, is
discovering and turning new or hidden concepts into objects, along with the relationships between it and other objects (pieces of data and behaviors on data)
#ddDesign
discovering and turning new or hidden concepts into objects, along with the relationships between it and other objects (pieces of data and behaviors on data)
#ddDesign
or as E.Evans put it in the blue book - making implicit concepts implicit
it's fun, but it takes effort from devs and subject matter experts collaboration to make it happen. takes a culture of patience, curiosity, flexibility to mine for these implicit concepts out of the ubiquitous language
Maybe the question is not only about #JuniorDevs but rather how do we grow the talent that organizations & the industry needs.
I am the proud product of an internship program that was started by a passionate returnee technologist who had worked at Bell Labs #DevDiscuss
I am the proud product of an internship program that was started by a passionate returnee technologist who had worked at Bell Labs #DevDiscuss
The model used was:
1. Identify bright young pre-college students
2. Embed them with full-time developers (employees) and find ways to develop their skills and harness their eagerness to learn by working on real-world client projects
#DevDiscuss
1. Identify bright young pre-college students
2. Embed them with full-time developers (employees) and find ways to develop their skills and harness their eagerness to learn by working on real-world client projects
#DevDiscuss
3. Focus on the hard skills, and the soft skills - time keeping, communication, team playing, learning, presentation skills in the same vein
4. During university a 30 min public transport ride away, they would work 16 hours a week plus (2 half days and Saturday)
#DevDiscuss
4. During university a 30 min public transport ride away, they would work 16 hours a week plus (2 half days and Saturday)
#DevDiscuss
