- Finished my first large and reasonably complex project at work (5k+ LOC, 95% coverage). Already in prod.
- Left my job to build my own startup. Created the website and then realized that the hard part had just begun.
- Read books on a lot of new technologies(Android, React, DRF, basic lisp). Also finished From AI to Zombies, wordly philosophers, men of mathematics etc.
- Really understood things such as opportunity cost, ROI, market size etc. Rip-offs and doing copy pasted work doesn't seem like an easy road anymore. Slava's post[1] helped me understand this.
Cons:
- Reading about all the new technologies wasn't too useful because I haven't implemented anything in them yet. Have plans to create small apps/websites to cement my understanding but keep procastinating on that
- Was briefly fascinated by stock market investing. Spent a month reading books on them and bought some stocks. While none of them has tanked, I later realized the returns would've been higher just focusing on my work.
I have given up my bschool admit to learn more and do startups/freelancing. Also have resolved to stop getting distracted by stuff so easily. Let's see how it all turns out.
- Finished my first large and reasonably complex project at work (5k+ LOC, 95% coverage). Already in prod.
- Left my job to build my own startup. Created the website and then realized that the hard part had just begun.
- Read books on a lot of new technologies(Android, React, DRF, basic lisp). Also finished From AI to Zombies, wordly philosophers, men of mathematics etc.
- Really understood things such as opportunity cost, ROI, market size etc. Rip-offs and doing copy pasted work doesn't seem like an easy road anymore. Slava's post[1] helped me understand this.
Cons:
- Reading about all the new technologies wasn't too useful because I haven't implemented anything in them yet. Have plans to create small apps/websites to cement my understanding but keep procastinating on that
- Was briefly fascinated by stock market investing. Spent a month reading books on them and bought some stocks. While none of them has tanked, I later realized the returns would've been higher just focusing on my work.
I have given up my bschool admit to learn more and do startups/freelancing. Also have resolved to stop getting distracted by stuff so easily. Let's see how it all turns out.
1- http://www.defmacro.org/2015/02/25/startup-ideas.html