A few days ago, I came across this tweet from antirez, author of Redis:
Reminds me of this post by Nat Bennett:
https://www.simplermachines.com/career-advice-for-engineers-who-arent-supposed-to-exist/
Similar to your advice, he recommends:
Keep your eye on the long view
Don't let yourself get caught up in performance review
Get faster with deliberate practice
Get faster by building stuff
Stay technical
Used to that guy although I never came that good at communication. Sometimes the need for greater coding skills need to be injected.
Love the analogies! I too often wonder when I'll get to that point
Reminds me of this post by Nat Bennett:
https://www.simplermachines.com/career-advice-for-engineers-who-arent-supposed-to-exist/
Similar to your advice, he recommends:
Keep your eye on the long view
Don't let yourself get caught up in performance review
Get faster with deliberate practice
Get faster by building stuff
Stay technical
Used to that guy although I never came that good at communication. Sometimes the need for greater coding skills need to be injected.
Love the analogies! I too often wonder when I'll get to that point