I Stopped Performing Online and Started Building Again
15 pointsby truelinux12 months ago3 comments
  • ferrouswheel2 months ago
    The best engineers I've had the pleasure of working with, are not anyone who would be recognised outside of the teams they've worked in.

    I aim to be like them, high performers that get respect from their peers, but unknown to internet strangers.

    Sometimes you get the rare exceptions of people who don't chase fame but become known for their work due to other people talking about it.

    • raw_anon_11112 months ago
      And those people are probably underpaid compared to their peers and passed over for promotions.
      • ferrouswheel2 months ago
        Actually they were very well paid. Turns out if everyone knows you are the best in the company, the company doesn't want to lose you!
      • nrhrjrjrjtntbt2 months ago
        Maybe. There is internet fame, peer respect, but pay depends on another prong i.e. knowing how to get promoted or hired at another level.
    • truelinux12 months ago
      What you said!
  • bitbasher2 months ago
    GitHub is itself another social platform to chase the invisible algorithm.

    You may share useful code, but because you have ten stars and FOOBAR has 2000, people will only take FOOBAR seriously.

    You don't have badges on your readme? You don't have screenshots? You don't have achievements and a green square every day on your profile?

    • truelinux12 months ago
      You're 100% right - I'm human - I want visitors to clone my repos and try my applications. But yeah, it's just another place to get let down - GitHub is the last platform on which you're going to get famous. That's my point - I'm trying to train myself to view the code I've put on there, and know it's as good as it can be and have that be enough.
      • bitbasher2 months ago
        I think you're on the right track-- it's alright to want to create and for your creations to be enjoyed by others (why else would one create?).

        Personally, I create and share via my own domain. I take full ownership of what I share and how I share it. There's less of a chance people "stumble" upon it, but the few who do enjoy it.

  • harlequinetcie2 months ago
    I really love the idea, and for a long time, I fervently believed on this.

    Then I read the black swan by Nassim Taleb, Give & Take by Adam Grant, and others of the sort.

    There's something there about waiting for serendipity, and chasing it. The string shouldn't be too tight, neither too loose.

    Best of luck in your journey!

    • truelinux12 months ago
      "The string shouldn't be too tight, neither too loose." I needed to hear that, I think. The answers are always somewhere in between, right? Thanks for mentioning the books - I'm already interested in reading both.
      • dapperdrake2 months ago
        Those books are worth re-reading.