2010 was inspirational, 2011 will be key
2010 was a year where I started to let go of my vulnerabilities, jumped in the deep-end, and started learning more that I ever did.
Okay, so I've been a developer for about 30 months after graduating from University.
Someone, maybe @paulsharrington, @damonmorgan said to me that you don't appreciate how much you've learned at uSwitch until you've left. It's so true and that's a testament to all the talented people I worked with at uSwitch. Too many to name but you know who you all are.
I joined 7digital to reiterate and verify what I learned at uSwitch, but very quickly learned that "agile" is not a one size fits all practice. I was so use to how things were done at uSwitch, the change took me a little while to adapt.
Okay, so I've been a developer for about 30 months after graduating from University.
Someone, maybe @paulsharrington, @damonmorgan said to me that you don't appreciate how much you've learned at uSwitch until you've left. It's so true and that's a testament to all the talented people I worked with at uSwitch. Too many to name but you know who you all are.
I joined 7digital to reiterate and verify what I learned at uSwitch, but very quickly learned that "agile" is not a one size fits all practice. I was so use to how things were done at uSwitch, the change took me a little while to adapt.
So this year, I’ve been learning by watching others and becoming inspired. 2011, I will be doing my own learning, I’m hoping to play with more ideas and learning from my own mistakes, not others.Like @marismith, I want a theme that will guide and carry me through the year. 'Execute" is the theme I’ve chosen, meaning to “follow out or carry out; do; perform”.
The idea is to apply this theme to everything I do, with the aim of making mistakes, learning and iterating that process to improve. As an advance notice for when I break stuff next year, my bad.
The idea is to apply this theme to everything I do, with the aim of making mistakes, learning and iterating that process to improve. As an advance notice for when I break stuff next year, my bad.
"Ask for forgiveness, not permission" was something @mikewagg first introduced to me, and since, several figures have advised the same thing.
Some things I want to take on in 2011 include:
- Keep at pet project with the aim of learning more Ruby/Rails
- Experiment with ideas to see what works in making the team go faster at 7digital
- Blog about my learning's to really hammer it home
- ...
On that note, it's beer o'clock. Happy new year
