Re:Lack of progress exposed by the Canary MacGuffin
by bigiain on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:24PM
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Oh sure. Three decades worth of fuckups isn't something you can get in a bootcamp...
But I think understanding that the greybeard over in the corner has those three decades, and that even if they fucked up using Perl running on hardware they physically touched/owned - they probably learnt some critical lessons that directly apply to your $language-de-jour running on $cloud-platform-of-the-week...
Become the person who'll get told, and listen too, their war stories...
I'm an older/senior guy as well. The difference is that, I decided to accept a role, that changed into a role doing something I had never done.
I was never a programmer, and I accepted a role that unknowing to me, ended up being a development role. I decide that it would be fun to become a developer, and explore this world.
I would be considered an expert in other similar fields, but not this field. The biggest misjudgement on my end was that I didn't understand how far behind I would be. I assumed it would take a lot of effort, and drive, but I completely missed how much it would take to become competent.
Still enjoying the experience, and am getting very excited towards a future where I can deliver and be relied on for critically important things.