Today, I'm just collecting up a few hopeful useful thoughts I came across.

Some tips from watching TechLead

The past couple days I was watching some videos of this YouTuber with a channel called TechLead. I assume much of his audience is nerd/engineer types. So he makes a lot of good points for people that tend to fall into traps like getting obsessed with retro video games or trying to optimize everything with technology.

Don't get overly attached to some technology/methodology

To be skilled in some programing language or technology is not a problem, but to be overly concerned with technical details and problems while failing to deliver a product is no good. Being a successful "software engineer" means being able to get things done with technology. Sometimes, this will mean focusing on marketing and human-to-human aspects of working with tech solutions, rather than crafting the "perfect technology".

Don't waste your time trying to make people think you're right

If you produce results, no explanation is needed. People who fail to get things done can often explain for hour after hour why such-and-such didn't work. They may be correct in a lot of their analyses, but this doesn't help anyone if they don't apply the lessons they learned.

Study notes

Memorizing stuff happens little by little. Trying to memorize too much at once will make you discouraged and may disrupt a routine of day-by-day repetition, which will produce memorization.

Studying consistently—even if not much—day by day is more powerful than putting in a huge effort every now and then.

In popular psychology/business books, people will talk about the force of habit.

By working hard each day and slowly refining our methods to do better, we can become people that know things and can do things that only come with long experience. Sure, reading a short articles can give you the "general idea" about lots of stuff—this is like fast food compared to the "nutritious meals" of working through problems.