This post is part self-reflection, part sharing my story, part advice about how to manage time on extra-curricular work. The reason for me putting it together is that I had a couple of crazy weeks where I felt my 80/20 balance was at 80/50 and this was not sustainable. This led me to look for […]
Tag: personal development
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Getting started with Kubernetes: learning resources
In the past week, I’ve had two separate people reach out to me about how to get started with learning Kubernetes. I thought I’d put my thoughts together in a blog post here, so everybody can benefit from this. Starter resources for Kubernetes To start learning Kubernetes, I highly recommend the following resources: Introduction to […]
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How to focus on what’s important to you, and disregard what’s not.
TLDR: Decide what’s important for you – schedule in time to work on that – spend energy on expanding your influence and don’t worry about what you cannot control. Personal productivity is something very personal. Certainly now that a lot of us are working from home, work might have taken over even more of our […]
How I approach personal development
The holidays are a great time of year to reflect and look forward. There have been a couple of great blog posts about how others have approached their reflection and goals for next year. I personally don’t do New Year’s resolutions, but I set half-yearly targets and goals. Goals work better for me than resolutions, […]