Growing as Makers

Half-steps are a great, low-risk way for you and your company to experiment with new roles or ways of approaching workload and career development.

Note-taking in Markdown, using either Bear or VSCode, has helped me stay more focused and take better notes during meetings.

Programming, like language acquisition, takes time and effort. You can learn better by looking at context, setting goals, and working with a team.

It’s the small victories along the way that give us the energy to reach the final goal. They give us renewed motivation, especially during setbacks.

There is a lot to be gained from telling people that you care, and little to be lost. So I’ve been testing a new guideline: Don’t hold back the good things.

Knowing which languages to learn is a version of the Multi-Armed Bandit Problem. The answer is an ongoing cycle of exploration and exploitation.