Getting A Sense Of Perspective In Software Engineering
Do you realise how many things you’re doing just because you’ve always done them? Step back, reassess, and take back control.
You’ve probably heard phrase “you only realise how much you miss something when it’s gone” many times. We have a similar one in the grand game of software engineering which, with a bit of opposition and paraphrasing, goes something like “you only realise how bad something is when you don’t do it for a while and somehow feel a lot better about both yourself and life in general”.
Holiday Escapism
I’ve always thought, myself, that the whole concept of going on holiday to escape from a job for a few weeks a year is a pretty bad thing to do — mainly because if you have to escape from a job to stay sane then you’re probably better off finding a better job rather than enduring it just to get away for a few weeks a year from it.
I can see the attraction of travelling, don’t get me wrong — seeing new places, meeting new people, taking selfies in front of buildings and all that¹ — but travelling to escape something I view as a kind of self-deception.
It’s just not something I do, to be honest. I keep away from strangers (as we all should), have enough of people (co-workers) and places (offices) already — if I travel it’s for…
