This hit home hard. Wondering if this is the case with giving advice as well ? In case of giving advice you are not selling a product but definitely selling an alternative path of action you would like there other person to take. And they will only take it if they understand you in the first place.
I like how Sarah Mei says, "Inline everything". You don't get to go on a refactoring crusade. You do it on a daily basis when you are working on the actual production issues. Easy to say but based on my experience, it is the only way to move things in the right direction and keep them that way.
This is an interesting observation. I like to think myself as a slow programmer. Do you think discussing this in an interview before you actually got the job in order to evaluate if you are fit to the role joining is a good idea ?
Something I am thinking of similar to this. Firefighter vs Gardener.
The firefighter focuses on the high stakes issue at hand and make sure it is solved in time and without much damage. The Gartner ensues the fire doesn't happen in the first place by making sure he is cleaning up the dried leaves in the first place.
But in a company environment, the firefighters are more valued are praised because that's something you can see and quantify. where as the regular cleanup/refactoring and fine-tuning the api is invisible and boring. Just a thought.
Just to add to this, anything processed is generally not great for health. After going through a lot of gut issues and reading many articles and books here is what I understood..
Avoid things which...
* contains more than 3 components which you can't understand.
* your grandma doesn't recognise as food.
* comes in a plastic cover and doesn't degrade for a long time.
I know this pretty much eliminates the entire super market but if you go through what I have you will rethink everything you put in your mouth.
That means you are pushing your limits. Don't start with a full day fasting. Start slow by doing some form of intermittent fasting or time restricted feeding. I would say go for having early dinner and a late breakfast to begin with. Once you are adapted to log hours of not eating, skip one of the meals in the day, depends on your situation but the easiest one to start with is skipping breakfast. Then you can slowly work your way to full day fasting.
I remember coming across the first sick systems article you mentioned almost 5 years back when I was with a company which the symptoms of a sick system and this article helped immensely. While I could know that the place is bad and not suitable for me I couldn't really pinpoint why it is bad and how I can get out of it. This article gave me a great perspective and actually propelled my career.
