Re:Don't End the Week with Nothing (2014)
by type_enthusiast on Sunday March 21, 2021 @06:29PM
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> This seems like an argument that there are no priorities and no things that are more important than other things. I don't think you believe that.
On the contrary, I'm arguing that making an impact wherever you can is better than avoiding things that don't meet some criteria of "things that are likely to help my resume." The priority I'm advocating is, making an impact by applying your skills (or even better, learning new skills) to solve problems that you can find (or are brought to you).
This is how you'll build a breadth of experience (which will be valuable for employers) and identify a niche that you enjoy (which will be valuable for you).
If it makes a big impact, it makes a big impact.
> If you're great at optimizing SQL, probably just doing that in any place you can get your hands on will make a pretty big impact.
This seems like an argument that there are no priorities and no things that are more important than other things. I don't think you believe that.