Thursday, July 10, 2008

Self Introspection: Taming the right skills

It is always good to stop for a while to take stock of things, do some introspection, fine tune your strategies and align your efforts to achieve one's goals effectively. In the quest of the holy grail of 'hot' skill sets to keep me much 'in demand' I came to understand some of my own short-comings which must be addressed to now.
- Tame your drive to create a niche for self. The drive, as such an internal force is much of a motivation in itself to create your mark of legacy. It should help high spirits during tough times and guides you through them.
- Commitment to quality at work needs to be improved. Make conscious efforts to improve your understanding of the underlying technology and processes. Focus on the work at hand and never loose the 'big picture'.
- Keep things simple and do not necessarily complicate things 'just for the heck of it'. First, make the thing work, then make it work effectively and then optimize.
- Keep learning, always.

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