Great Work
patience and heart is super important:- the death of a good idea is giving up on it too quickly. the death of motivation is letting your adhd get the better of you. it matters less what strategy you pick, more that you pick a consistent strategy and execute on it. Cut the people you work with some intellectual slack. approach every conversation as
... See moreThe trouble with planning is that it only works for achievements you can describe in advance. You can win a gold medal or get rich by deciding to as a child and then tenaciously pursuing that goal, but you can't discover natural selection that way.
I think for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. At each... See more
I think for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. At each... See more
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
"The way to figure out what to work on is by working."
"I think for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. At each stage do whatever seems most interesting and gives you the best options for the future. I call this approach 'staying upwind.' This is how most people who've done great work seem to have done... See more
"I think for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. At each stage do whatever seems most interesting and gives you the best options for the future. I call this approach 'staying upwind.' This is how most people who've done great work seem to have done... See more
My definition of “Life’s Work:”
“A lifelong quest to build something for others that expresses who you are”
-via Patrick O’Shaughnessy
it can be difficult to stay motivated and complete large technical projects. A method that works really well for me is to continuously see real results and to order my work based on that.
Mitchell Hashimoto • My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects
I've not found an engineer who doesn't get excited by a good demo. And the goal is to always give yourself a good demo.
Mitchell Hashimoto • My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects
I don't try to enumerate all the big sub-projects at this stage. I just kind of get an idea of the rough shape the project will take and find one that I can build in isolation and also physically see some sort of real results
Mitchell Hashimoto • My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects
For various reasons, I rarely start frontend first and usually start backend first. And in any situation, you'll eventually get to the backend and reach a similar challenge.