Whether you call them "New Years Resolutions" or not, this time of year always has good energy for recharging.
What's your outlook like?
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Whether you call them "New Years Resolutions" or not, this time of year always has good energy for recharging.
What's your outlook like?
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I have high hopes of visiting a tech conference in the US!
Any ones you're looking into in particular?
re:Invent, ReactConf and maybe a dev.to one, which has never happened yet!
Going on a "sandwich diet" until I lose 40lbs.
As long as it's in sandwich form, I can eat it.
Lettuce sandwich using high fiber wheat bread might help.
This bread has a lot of fiber, grains so hard its like eatings stones.
I never said it would taste good LOL.
Anything's a sandwich if you have two slices of bread.
Make my app succeed, I will start now with shameless advertising.
A new ai app for almost any android phone.
Welcome to Ara for Android👋
By Andromeda SoftwareAn ai assistant app for almost any android phone, That cares about privacy and productivity
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and I would love to make the big thread club here at dev
I owe you a message about this btw, I want to help but I’ve been busy. I’ll be in touch some point soon.
Thanks Ben!
Can you tell me something about your project? From the store's description I understand that you plan to rivalize with Google Assistant, Alexa and co
Well, though Ara is not quite done yet, its very expandable. when the final release comes around I could introduce all new features by just writing the code for the feature, adding it to a web service, and adding an entire to A DB. if there is an issue I can just take the entire down. the front end need about a week more work for version 1.0 the back end may need 2 (I am adding an IOT ecosystem), I will be happy to answer any more questions you may have.
Sleep like normal humans do
I'm always so tired after work, I have a really hard time keeping up with side projects! I'd really like to hammer in some time each week and keep up with it.
Remind me to stop working retail marketing sometime soon.
Really? I thought I might want to study Marketing. Something in fashion like high end clothing or cosmetics.
Oh I'm just being a bit dramatic. I truly love it, but sometimes it just annoys the hell out of me (especially since I specialize with in-house small businesses and usually end up working on the floor a lot).
If it sounds intriguing, I highly suggest it! Marketing can be taxing, but when you enjoy it it's a lot of fun.
I feel this so much. There's so many projects I want to try or ideas that float into my head while working. But when I get home or the weekend comes, there's just no energy!!
We can do this!!
Heck yes we can!!!
Some pretty big changes! A new dev job coming up in London, which is a big move for me having grown up and come from smaller cities before.
As if that's not challenging enough... I will also be working with Rust in my new job, and I don't know an awful lot about it just yet 🙈
And all of that has inspired me to write this up (shameless plug upcoming 😂):
Five advice for a developer settling into a new team
Darren Vong ・ Dec 23 ・ 7 min read
Big changes and big challenges, but it sounds awesome. I'm sure you'll do great!
Thank you! It's fair to say I'm super excited but equally a bit nervous! I'm sure the nerve will settle once I got into the hang of things 😅😅
Hope you're not too nervous about it all! In my experience choosing a position that offers more challenge rather than less forces you into a "strive to be great" mentality and prevents stagnation. You'll likely have a lot of fun :)
That's reassuring to hear, and not stagnating is what I'm aiming for! Regardless of how the experience turns out (which I'm sure I'll be fine, haha maybe comments like this can keep me "accountable" in six month's time), I'm excited to see what I'd have learnt from it!
For sure and I think that's the best way to look at it :). I took a new job nearly 2 years ago now where I knew very little about most of the tech stack they use. And I'm so glad I did because I'm still learning each day and I also know I'm able to add my own expertise into the business and add value.
Best of luck into the new year!
I want to build something people pay for...
I am struggling with identify the right idea that I can get to market easily. I know I just want to bootstrap it. And that I have two young kids and a wife.
Anyone have suggestions? Must be web based, it’s what I know well.
Consider following @thekitze and Swizec. They seem to be doing well in this space. They're generally quite active on Twitter.
The Silicon Valley model of "big idea 👉 figure out a market 👉 figure out a monetization strategy" does not work for bootstrappers. You don't have the runway to flail around that long. You'll have better luck approaching the problem starting with the people.
"who I can serve 👉 problems they pay to solve 👉 create those solutions"
The solution doesn't have to be big. You can start small and work from there. It also doesn't have to be software, unless you really want it to be for some reason. Small product ideas you could build and sell in less than six months could be a book, course, or Wordpress Plugin for example. I'm sure there are more.
Anyone else have any ideas?
Trying to work more efficiently/effectively! Produce more (or more relevant) work while putting in the same (or less) time and effort. Focus on what's really important and relevant (things that make me a buck, feel more rewarding, etc). Waste less time so that there's more time left for things outside work.
For becoming more efficient, productive and energetic, I can recommend you these books:
I've read all of them and a ton of other books. I think these three are sufficient in understanding different approaches and viewing the problem from multiple angles. They are also nice to read, I enjoyed the language.
Also working more from home to shut off co-worker's daily blabla helps a lot.
Thanks man! I think it's all down to "discipline" but these books look like they make for an interesting read ... oh and BTW I'm already working from home as I'm a remote freelancer :-)
True, in essence you have to be
For me all starts with the discipline to get up early. It's hard, especially during winter I struggle with it because it's so dark in northern Europe (we now have 4h of sunlight oO).
Hehe, that's the part I enjoy the most about my life: being a remote freelancer ;-)
"Flow" is really the big thing for me ... the moment I get into the flow and I can shut off all distractions is when I can be truly productive :-) ...
Even then, it often feels like the 24 hours in a day are never enough, BUT this is a matter of setting priorities and choosing what's REALLY important for you ... you have to acknowledge that it's simply impossible to do "everything".
I'm not sure I need to make changes. I think if anything, I need to aim a bit higher. I'm clicking very nicely right now and that won't always be true. Time to take that momentum and challenge the tall hills of publication and becoming a Microsoft MVP.
I am learning to keep focus on the business value and not in the latest tech to learn. I am learning how to say no amd just learn what is needed for the job.