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1/4/2000 to 1/4/2025: Director

This post concludes my 2000-2025: 25 years in ICT series with a bit of a shameless plug: I've made it to Director! The 9 years at Proemion have been a breathtaking climb: from part-time software developer, to devops, to Team lead devops, to Group head devops and datacenter, Head of R&D, and now Director of Product of Engineering. To celebrate this, I decided to reflect on how I got here, perhaps it will be useful to others too. I did it Not to sound ungrateful or arrogant, but the first thing I should acknowledge is that I did this. I got help and support but it was ultimately me who put in the hours, went for the uncomfortable challenge ad asked for the additional responsibilities. I'm very proud of what I've accomplished, and I'd like to remind all of you that you should be too. Always! The only question I sometimes ask myself is where would I be if I started sooner. Since I don't have a time machine, I'm just content I got where I am right now and also...

Truly understarding

When you truly understand something, you can express it at any level of detail while maintaining coherence. The master can provide the one-sentence version, the paragraph version, and the chapter version, all of which tell the same story at different resolutions. The novice can only repeat what they've memorized at one resolution. Via Brain Food