by Barrett Clark
As a programmer, work-life balance has always been a tricky thing for me. Steve Wozniak commented that “you can’t stop the steamroller of technology change.” That notion has been applied to software. If you rest you risk being squished.
I wrestle with impostor syndrome, and maybe this is just an extension of that. As a rubyist it’s difficult to keep up. Everything evolves quickly (ruby, rails, gems, related technologies, methodologies). I consider myself a full stack developer, and a stubborn one at that. I’ve fought with a Makefile for weeks just to get some package to compile on some *nix variant.
We are paid for our ability to solve problems. It requires a lot of practice. I’ve learned to be ok with not knowing how to do things, but I still “hear the footsteps.” I don’t really know what it means to be “good enough” yet, but this talk will explore those lines between work/life balance and how we keep our edge on the job while being present in the moments off the job.
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