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Software development: 5 career lessons from running 🏃🧑‍💻

Ismael González Trujillo on March 04, 2020

Last year I took up running and I wanted to share some things I learned along the way. Basic lessons, bordering on the self-evident, that can be ap...
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Shaiju T • Edited

Good advice 😄, People usually advice to have 6 hours of sleep , But do you know how long its advisable to sit before the computer coding ?

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Ismael González Trujillo

Good point! Burnout is something to watch out for, definitely.

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BANI

It was so impressive and useful.

thanks for sharing.

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Ismael González Trujillo

Thanks for reading, Bani!

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Steven Torrence

Great article! Thanks for writing!

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Ismael González Trujillo

Thanks for reading!

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Sara Miteva

Thanks Ismael, this article is really inspiring! I actually find it very motivating as I'm struggling to prepare for a half-marathon these days :)

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Ismael González Trujillo

Thanks Sara! I'm preparing for a half marathon too! 😱Let me know how your training is going 🙂

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Sara Miteva

Will do! Still stuck on 10 km tho :(

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Alessandro Artoni

Very inspiring, worth a couple of re-reads :)

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Ismael González Trujillo

😉

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Josh Puetz

This is amazing advice, thank for sharing! This mirrors my own experience starting CrossFit: it's hard, and hurts, and gets easier.

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Samuele Mattiuzzo

Thanks Ismael, it's amazing to see that you made this connection and was able to put it into words!!!!

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Ismael González Trujillo

😉

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MurrayVarey

Yeah, great quote.

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MurrayVarey

Awesome post. Thanks Ismael!

Running has taught me so much -- the feeling at the end is worth the struggle.

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Ismael González Trujillo

Thank you for reading!

Me too. And the lessons learned can be applied to many other things in life :)

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Maxime Moreau

Hi Ismael,
Really nice written, thank you. Specially loved the "four stages of competence" :)

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Ismael González Trujillo

Thanks for reading, Maxime 🙂

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Ismael González Trujillo

Thank you :)