Ana Ulin 😻 @anaulin@social.coop

"Fact remains—launch determines orbit, and Torres got a launch in life that put him low and in decay from the start. You just give it time and watch the sky." -- Richard K. Morgan, "Thin Air"

#quote #book

On day 9 of my publish-some-writing-every-day challenge, some things that have been helping me keep at it: "Tactics to Keep Up Your Motivation" https://anaulin.org/blog/tactics-to-keep-up-your-motivation/

@deadsuperhero Was going to hit the "favorite" button as a way of showing that I'm listening, but that felt wrong. (Can we get a "sending warm vibes" button?)

So I'll say this: I don't know you _at all_, but I'm here and hearing you and feeling sympathetic. And, also, feeling fairly certain that, with some help and effort, you can change it around. You aren't even 30!

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Thinking about all the surprising parts of doing software engineering work -- like the hours spent getting the friggin' build to work -- I wrote down a list of some of the Things Nobody Told Me About Being a Software Engineer: https://anaulin.org/blog/things-nobody-told-me-about-being-a-software-engineer/

Nobody tells you that professional software engineering is 98% figuring out make your build and tooling work, and 2% actually designing and writing code.

@elplatt Sounds like you have no cats in your life. Else you would have no trouble finding the holes... 😹

I'm quite curious about the experiences of folks on here at https://social.coop -- if any of you has worked in co-operative and other more self-organized structures, can you share if/how were "performance evaluations" done? And, relatedly, did compensation have any component related to "performance"? (And if so, how did that work?)

#coop

Following on my recent musings about performance management and judgement vs metrics, I wonder out loud: Why Do We Have “Performance Evaluations”, Anyway?
https://anaulin.org/blog/why-do-we-have-performance-evaluations-anyway/

"There Is No Substitute For Good Judgement, Especially if You Want to Be Data Driven": https://anaulin.org/blog/there-is-no-substitute-for-good-judgement-especially-if-you-want-to-be-data-driven/

Some reflections on a workshop on "Executive Presence for Women" that I attended yesterday: "The Demands of 'Executive Presence' in the Modern Workplace are Exhausting" https://anaulin.org/blog/the-demands-of-executive-presence-in-the-workplace-are-exhausting/

My notes on Iddo Landau's book "Finding Meaning in an Imperfect World": https://anaulin.org/blog/book-finding-meaning-in-an-imperfect-world/

@seldo Self-doubt is the most obnoxious of the inner gremlins. I'm sure your talk was already great the way it was. 💗

Just realized that "evil" is an anagram of "vile", and I'm shocked I hadn't noticed this before, word-game nerd that I am. 🙀

How do we measure the performance of a software engineer? https://anaulin.org/blog/on-software-engineer-performance/

(TL;DR: there is no magic formula.)

@buster
On desktop browser, I really enjoy Pinafore (https://pinafore.social/). On Android I use Mastalab.

@buster I primarily post from this Mastodon account, and I use the cross-poster at https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br copy my Mastodon posts over to Twitter.

I read both here in Mastodon and Twitter, they feel like very different communities to me, even if there is a fair bit of overlap on who I follow here and there.

Some thoughts on the advantages of timing work and break intervals: https://anaulin.org/blog/pomodoro-self-awareness/

November starts tomorrow and, with it, NaNoWriMo. I'll be trying to publish some writing every day (although not fiction). Feeling uncomfortably excited. 🙀✍️

#writing #nanowrimo

This week's blog entry, pondering the tradition of "commonplace books":
https://anaulin.org/blog/commonplace-books-modern-blogs/

@lindner
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