Things come, things go. Everything.
Partings. Reunions. Reflections.
It's been 4 years since I left school. I'm now leaving my first job for another. I've always talked about changing job due to the high stress level, lowly pay, lack of appreciation etc etc etc... the list goes on. But there must be something more to the complaints I have about the job that kept me going and going for these 4 years.
I don't want to go around pretending that everything is rosy and nice. If there'll be something that I felt should have been better, I'd like to make it known and heard. It also helps to relieve the bottled up stress. Friends who know me will understand that; I don't work well under stress.
Several have asked me if I have any plans or targets for the coming years. Frankly, I haven't been thinking too much about it. Given how I am, I know I will make the best of each and every situation to ensure that it helps me grow in the general direction that I wanted. And I think that is enough to see me through for at least a few more months.
26 November 2005
17 November 2005
11 November 2005
leadership
There was this discussion at work about what makes a good leader and what is good leadership recently. My first thought about this was this is an every-now-and-then discussion topic that surfaces, hundreds if not thousands of books published about it and uncountable articles written. I posted something similar like this in a blog shared among colleagues; this is improved upon the original.
If you ask me for my 2 cents worth, this is what I feel a great leader should be:
He may not be your friend in good times but is your best friend in bad times.
He is whom you will seek advice from when lost; and whom you will follow when instructed, and whom will inspire you to go further than instructed.
A great leader is not really your friend, but can be your friend, and is more than your friend: He is your leader.
What do you think?
If you ask me for my 2 cents worth, this is what I feel a great leader should be:
He may not be your friend in good times but is your best friend in bad times.
He is whom you will seek advice from when lost; and whom you will follow when instructed, and whom will inspire you to go further than instructed.
A great leader is not really your friend, but can be your friend, and is more than your friend: He is your leader.
What do you think?
29 October 2005
never mind, as long as it works
I'm sure many of us would have encountered scenarios resulting in such a statement as above. A colleague was trying to figure out why his nested SQL select didn't work. Frankly, I'm also as clueless as he is. I suggested using table joins instead. It worked. Doesn't matter why it didn't work with nested select, as long as we've gotten something that worked. It didn't matter because the SQL statement is only for data analysis.
A more senior colleague was commenting that designers and developers tend to choose the easier way out when implementing new functionalities for the website. The mindset is as long as it eventually gets the new functionality working, who cares if one have to re-create a similar UI feature all over again in different pages. He is trying to have such a mindset changed, but admits that it's not going to be easy; I concur.
Actually, it doesn't matter in which context the "never mind, as long as it works" mindset appears in, it is a dangerous mindset. Dangerous to maintaining the quality of work one delivers. And it is something everyone is guilty of, myself inclusive.
Of course there are scenarios like the former, where lapsing into such laziness would not cause any further "harm". But situations like that latter involves a much more complex problem domain. In such cases, if the improvement towards the better method is certainly desireable and to be pursued, the question to ask is how much would one tolerate more bugs and design mistakes than if one were to stick to the current one-for-one implementation technique?
A more senior colleague was commenting that designers and developers tend to choose the easier way out when implementing new functionalities for the website. The mindset is as long as it eventually gets the new functionality working, who cares if one have to re-create a similar UI feature all over again in different pages. He is trying to have such a mindset changed, but admits that it's not going to be easy; I concur.
Actually, it doesn't matter in which context the "never mind, as long as it works" mindset appears in, it is a dangerous mindset. Dangerous to maintaining the quality of work one delivers. And it is something everyone is guilty of, myself inclusive.
Of course there are scenarios like the former, where lapsing into such laziness would not cause any further "harm". But situations like that latter involves a much more complex problem domain. In such cases, if the improvement towards the better method is certainly desireable and to be pursued, the question to ask is how much would one tolerate more bugs and design mistakes than if one were to stick to the current one-for-one implementation technique?
21 October 2005
to upgrade?
My little framework need a upgrade, to Spring perhaps, so that it can be more easily configurable and flexible. But as always, time is not on my side to upgrade it in time to hand in some work. Shall I just make do with what I have now? I think I'll just do that.
Upgrading yourself constantly is necessary to keep your mind fresh and challenged, so that it does not forget the methods with which it learns new things. And frankly, I always get a boost of motivation and confidence during an upgrade. Opportunities to upgrade oneself doesn't just present itself at your feet. One have to seek them out, grab them and then make sure it is made full use of. The headache comes when more than one such opportunities have come and there is only room for one.
Upgrading yourself constantly is necessary to keep your mind fresh and challenged, so that it does not forget the methods with which it learns new things. And frankly, I always get a boost of motivation and confidence during an upgrade. Opportunities to upgrade oneself doesn't just present itself at your feet. One have to seek them out, grab them and then make sure it is made full use of. The headache comes when more than one such opportunities have come and there is only room for one.
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