I'm the CTO of international video agency Wooshii and I run an educational media brand called Skill Pathway. I also occasionally chat to people on my podcast, The Learning Developers Podcast.
Great interview Jacob and such fantastic insights from both you and @cassidoo
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The part I found most fascinating was talking about how we internalize the code we write as part of our identity, and there's a real balancing act going on between taking pride in your work and not getting over emotional from the criticism.
Rarely is there a career which requires so much engineering of fresh stuff that is completely yours, where there's also so much crossover with your peers, so it's something we're all getting used to at some level.
Great interview Jacob and such fantastic insights from both you and @cassidoo !
The part I found most fascinating was talking about how we internalize the code we write as part of our identity, and there's a real balancing act going on between taking pride in your work and not getting over emotional from the criticism.
Rarely is there a career which requires so much engineering of fresh stuff that is completely yours, where there's also so much crossover with your peers, so it's something we're all getting used to at some level.
Thanks for sharing @jacobherrington
It's definitely an interesting question; how much should this work we produce purely from our minds be considered an extention of us?
I recently had my opinion challenged on this by Avdi Grimm at Southeast Ruby. There is definitely a significant part of the author embedded in code.
That being said, your code should never be weaponized (by you or anyone else) to determine your self-worth. That's really unhealthy!