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Everybody is More Complex Than They Seem | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings

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This year I decided that I want to share my most important learnings about engineering, teams and quite frankly personal mental health. My hope is that those who want to learn from me find it useful. When I wake up in the morning I usually have something to do. That doesn't necessarily mean I will do that, but it grounds me. When I was 21 my existence was quite monochromatic. I went to bed in the evening and I continued my work in the morning where I left it off the day before. And like a good performing stock, through that I went “up and to the right”. Probably all the metrics I would have used to measure my life were trending in only one direction and life was good. Work defined me and by my own standards and enough people that I interacted with I was successful. But this monochromatic experience eventually becomes a lot more complex because you're forced to make choices in life. When I went to conferences or interacted with other people online it was impossible not to compare myself

Everybody is More Complex Than They Seem | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings Armin Ronacher 's Thoughts and Writings blog archive projects travel talks about Everybody is More Complex Than They Seem written on February 09, 2023 This year I decided that I want to share my most important learnings about engineering, teams and quite frankly personal mental health. My hope is that those who want to learn from me find it useful. When I wake up in the morning I usually have something to do. That doesn’t necessarily mean I will do that, but it grounds me. When I was 21 my existence was qui

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