I realize the reason I often get grumpy about frameworks or ai: It dulls the skills I still want to keep sharp.
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Having flashbacks to some olllllld dev issues.
Trying to work in silence is tough. It's too quiet and I cannot focus. A bit like a sailboat with no wind. Still afloat, but not going anywhere.
I shouldn't be surprised by this, but I get very protective of projects I work on.
Trying to remember to thank people more. I work in a field that can be very overwhelming, and it's not something that always happens when it ought to.
Not that _I_ am an authority on that, but I realize very few really are.
General rule of thumb: testing is hard. Making sure everyone understands and has a similar definition of things like:
- unit tests
- integration tests
- end to end tests
is even harder.
There are definitely skills that I sometimes take for granted. I don't always consider them as important or worthy.
When dealing with imposter syndrome or depression, worth becomes it's favorite cudgel...
It wasn't until recently when I kept bringing up being disappointed that I wasn't getting as much as I could be done that my psych nurse started asking some questions that I realized that wasn't normal.
New meds have helped focus, existing ones make the anxiety of starting easier.
I still find myself this morning trying to read a book, catch up on email and bugs, and update dev tickets for my team, and there's definitely music playing.
I think that this still requires some practice.
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One thing I noticed through my college years about my work processes, was that in my own space I would try to multitask. This usually meant having my design or drawing work out. The TV would be on. I might even be reading something else, or making a list of call numbers for books to pull at the library, and I definitely had music playing.
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