Some folks have asked about when the Ruby Learning Center might continue, and currently I'm afraid the answer is that it won't.
When we started classes we frequently had 15-20 people engaging, and as we got through them that number started falling to 1-2, and eventually to 0.
Frequently I would be spending hours creating and preparing content to no audience and no reception.
Perhaps it's petty, but it kills my motivation especially considering how much effort went into running it.
I find this to be true with a lot of my Ruby content. I can spend hours, days, weeks, even months preparing things to get crickets on the other end.
Frankly it makes me question my own worth and whether what I say has any value to folks, and being who I am that makes me turtle up and just stop creating altogether.
I've been in a low place for a while now on content creation, and I cannot find the motivation to continue.
Often times that leads me to question whether I still have a home in Ruby, or if it's time for me to move on and find another community.
Likely my next few Ruby talks will be my last, as I try and find a way to start rebuilding my confidence after a rough last few years.
I'll still be here, but I need to find a healthier engagement that fulfills me and I fear I do not find that here.
@baweaver thank you Brandon. For being awesome. And for sharing so much of that awesomeness in so many ways for so long with so many people.
Thank you also for having the courage to speak openly about yourself. I deeply admire that.
Sending you good thoughts. I hope you have a good day and find some good ramen soon.
@baweaver Hope you enjoy discovering new loves and rediscovering old ones! Your Ruby work is fantastic, but —
This might be the ADHD talking, but I find it exhausting and frequently disappointing to put too much of my personal identity in one thing. Especially the bits that require extrinsic motivation to continue. People stop paying attention eventually, from new interests or just plain getting tired.
@baweaver Thanks for sharing Brandon and being open about this. I feel much of the pain you do, although I haven't invested nearly as much time as you have into helping and being there for others in the Ruby community.
My full time job is writing web components / TypeScript. I pretty much haven't touched Ruby professionally in over 2 years at this point and wonder myself if I belong as part of this community at this point.
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