2022 June. Conferences.
Taking a break and doing more engineering.
Books I'm reading #
- Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright.
- Docker: Up & Running: Shipping Reliable Containers in Production by Karl Matthias, Sean P. Kan.
- Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Steven C. Hayes, Spencer Smith.
Courses #
Books I've read #
- Designing Your New Work-Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness and a New Freedom at Work by Bill Burnett, Dave Evans.
- Learning React: A Hands-On Guide to Building Web Applications Using React and Redux by Kirupa Chinnathambi. I don't think I can recommend the second edition that I was reading, but I liked the style.
Elsewhere on the Web #
1x Engineer Small sample:
A 1x Engineer...
- Searches Google, Duckduckgo, Bing, or wherever they like when they're not sure what's up.
- Copy/pastes code snippets from Stack Overflow, Glitch, Codepen, or wherever they find answers.
Much later in life, when I had a chance to visit a wide variety of places, including those not as prosperous, I realized that construction is a sign of life.
Personal Thoughts #
I've been to two conferences this month, and it was great to get out of my home office and participate in person. If you can do that, then I can recommend it. For reference links to the conferences:
Other than that, it was a weird month. I didn't get much done, and I feel like it's a lost time for some reason.
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