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Discussion on: Embracing Failure: What's Your Most Valuable Lesson as a Developer?

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Lucksinia

Pet projects are in constant limbo of "not even started, there is a thousand more Ideas in my brain already." And that is, in fact, normal. Please, do not be harsh toward yourself because your "Game of Spline" is stuck on "creating openGL window for the last three years", and you have another thirty... hundreds pet projects.

Do not push yourself to finish them. Starting from the beginning is a valuable skill in our sphere. And by doing that, you will find new skills, solutions, etc... that can stuck too!

Pet projects are not created to be finished, but rather, to polish specific skill in your arsenal.