Re:Ask HN: How do you stop yourself from stagnating?
by itamarst on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @06:38AM
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There's nothing wrong with being happy where you are... but it's true that since learning is always a little painful, you need to make sure that being happy isn't due to not learning.
One thing I do: every time I make a mistake I try to figure out why, and how I can avoid it next time. Then I write it up for my newsletter (https://softwareclown.com), which forces me to dive enough deeper that I can explain it.
Initially I was worried about running out of mistakes, but turns out I make them all the time :) Which means there's always a relevant learning moment around the corner.
One thing I do: every time I make a mistake I try to figure out why, and how I can avoid it next time. Then I write it up for my newsletter (https://softwareclown.com), which forces me to dive enough deeper that I can explain it.
Initially I was worried about running out of mistakes, but turns out I make them all the time :) Which means there's always a relevant learning moment around the corner.