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Thoughts at work
Posted under General by VinI am really inspired by Rajesh’s thoughts on an IT career and life beyond code. His ideas have got me thinking into what I always wanted to believe. One of the great things Rajesh did since the beginning of his career, what I think is, documenting his ideas, thoughts, lessons, experience which would enable him to come out with his book - life beyond code, years later. As he says it takes years to transform yourself from just good to better and better. If we never care much about long term goals - future and do nothing in present, our future is going to remain the same as the present is. It means we are doing nothing to do any value add to ourselves, and adding tech skills is not going to help us get any further.
In one of my earlier project, I learnt three of the biggest lessons of my career.
1. Problem solving is not something you inherit. You’ve to develop it - Consciously, by being persistent.
2. At work, even if you ‘think’ you don’t believe your current project is going to work or be successful, you’ve to believe in anything that you are currently doing anyway. Chances are you’ll be successful at it in long term. You got nothing to loose, in simply believing in whatever you do.
3. Challenges are opporunities to make you more confident about yourself than ever. Grab it and fulfill it.
Thank you for your kind comments there. You are right that my book “Beyond Code” was based on knowledge and insights I had collected for over ten years in my career spanning five different countries. To add to that, I have always had and continue to have great mentors to help me stay on the course and set higher standards.
Thank you for stopping by my blog.
Best,
Rajesh
Thank you very much Rajesh. It’s a great feeling to see your comments on my blog.
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