Nope, I've never really been into it but I do try and make an effort with my colleagues who might be struggling / in a chatty mood. If I'm in a one on one chat / conversation with someone I like to ask them how they've…
I think there's something to learn from everyone we work with. Sometimes it's simply how to be patient and compassionate with people who are challenging to be around :)
Exactly the point of my post - OP doesn't have a mentor so he reached out to HN. In this case we're his mentors. Consider my post in the context of me trying to provide advice as a mentor. I am not sure how this is…
Which part do you disagree with? I didn't say mentorship isn't important - it's very important. The point I am making is it's easy to think the solution to ones problems will be solved by some external thing or person.…
It sounds more like a confidence / imposter syndrome issue than an actual lack of your skills or experience. Secret is, many thoughtful, intelligent people who practice self-reflection feel this way. We tend to…
It's the opportunity we're given, to either create a meaningful life or not. I'm kind curious to see what happens during my lifetime. Also, drugs :)
It depends on the size of your sales pipeline; if small or just starting out, a senior/lead should be able to do sales as well but not everyone is good at it. I've done each & both together. Solution design and…
Excel (I kid you not) and Skype. Does that count? :)
My primary investment is in Australian residential property, secondary is broad index funds (Vanguard ETFs), third is cash. I don't trade stocks, it's too much like gambling IMO.
The project I'm currently working on uses SQL database replication from production to populate data into the UAT and SIT environments.
Nope, I've never really been into it but I do try and make an effort with my colleagues who might be struggling / in a chatty mood. If I'm in a one on one chat / conversation with someone I like to ask them how they've…
I think there's something to learn from everyone we work with. Sometimes it's simply how to be patient and compassionate with people who are challenging to be around :)
Exactly the point of my post - OP doesn't have a mentor so he reached out to HN. In this case we're his mentors. Consider my post in the context of me trying to provide advice as a mentor. I am not sure how this is…
Which part do you disagree with? I didn't say mentorship isn't important - it's very important. The point I am making is it's easy to think the solution to ones problems will be solved by some external thing or person.…
It sounds more like a confidence / imposter syndrome issue than an actual lack of your skills or experience. Secret is, many thoughtful, intelligent people who practice self-reflection feel this way. We tend to…
It's the opportunity we're given, to either create a meaningful life or not. I'm kind curious to see what happens during my lifetime. Also, drugs :)
It depends on the size of your sales pipeline; if small or just starting out, a senior/lead should be able to do sales as well but not everyone is good at it. I've done each & both together. Solution design and…
Excel (I kid you not) and Skype. Does that count? :)
My primary investment is in Australian residential property, secondary is broad index funds (Vanguard ETFs), third is cash. I don't trade stocks, it's too much like gambling IMO.
The project I'm currently working on uses SQL database replication from production to populate data into the UAT and SIT environments.