"Why do you want to enter this industry?"
I looked through my bag of standard interview answers,
"Because I like to work with ideas"
He looked at me for a moment, before starting
"Ideas are nothing. You see taxi drivers out there, they have a lot of ideas, opinions. They bring these ideas to discussion over tea. And then soon after they forget about them.
The most important part is actually the execution."
Bad move.
Eventually he gave me the job, I turned it down and jumped on board the other team.
But what he said stays.
But that is also my biggest problem. I get excited quickly only to forget about this new interesting idea soon after. Plus a weakness when working with details. If this goes on, nothing substantial is ever going to come out from me.
This is project "It's the execution, stupid"
__1 Currently I subscribe to several "up and coming tech ideas" blog/websites which I will browse through each morning. I look through them and go "oh so pretty" *close*
Remedy: Keep an Evernote folder of articles that I think will work and can apply to work. With each article list down
a. what technology it is leveraging on
b. give an example how I can use it
c. any file/code I need to download
This way I will have a bag of tricks when once we need an idea to crack a brief, bring up le idea
__2 Work on a casual project once a month, I can
a. Pick a project from Creative Workshop
b. Work on a project stated in the websites
c. Pick an idea from the books I am reading
Project must be small enough that it does not interfere with work. Preferably done within 3 days of coding
__3 Talk to boss
Talk to/Email boss once a month about a project we/I can undertake. Client-based or not
__4 Contribute to ideas pool at work every Monday. Working on it from 10am-11am.
oh my guanyinma, grant me all the perseverance I need
To infinity.. and beyond!
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Melinda, look! http://startupquote.com/post/8353614743
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