Andreas Thiel
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Might as well try to get this going again.
I am still struggling to keep my sanity. Feels like I am not winning.
I have a new job now (since December, actually). While I do work with more modern technologies and am surrounded by people at an insanely high level, I have traded some of my previous troubles for new ones and kept some of the old ones.
There is no real onboarding. Getting familiar with processes and code should happen organically over time. Fair enough, while I am one step away from a Senior title (but with what I consider Senior pay) it is okay that the burden falls on me.
Still, this is something I am really bad at:
Figuring out what metters in an insanely complex environment. Figuring out the right questions ... and figuring out the correct person to ask.
Feels like I worked on 4 minor tasks in the 5 months. Everything else is discovery, meetings and management overhead. One of the bigger tasks can be considered a complete bust and I need to worry about my standing.
What worries me the most is that I was completely "out of order" over the last few weeks and barely made it across the finish line of two weeks of (paid) vacation days - which I use to recover at home.
On the plus side, I got several nice habits established.
Bought a digital piano and practiced one particular song for at least 30 minutes each day.
Started with a body weight exercise program in my morning routine and am transitioning into weight lifting at home.
I eat a lot more, even though I could not keep up the attempts where fixing meals took more that 5 minutes. Putting stuff in the oven and waiting does work. Looking back at my goals, right now I
seem to be firmly above 70 kg - next stop 80 - which will be really hard.
I want to go back to the idea of turning May and November into novel writing months.
Regarding business execution, I am not doing well in the hope department.
For a while my goal has been spending 30-45 minutes using Blender (the 3D software ...) and 15 minutes of content creation planning.
After work I was unable to do that, though. I opened Blender and stared at the screen ... but had nothing more to give.
Plan A is still trying to get momentum going. Maybe these vacation days help.
I also want to decide what project I should go for. The options:
I am still struggling to keep my sanity. Feels like I am not winning.
I have a new job now (since December, actually). While I do work with more modern technologies and am surrounded by people at an insanely high level, I have traded some of my previous troubles for new ones and kept some of the old ones.
There is no real onboarding. Getting familiar with processes and code should happen organically over time. Fair enough, while I am one step away from a Senior title (but with what I consider Senior pay) it is okay that the burden falls on me.
Still, this is something I am really bad at:
Figuring out what metters in an insanely complex environment. Figuring out the right questions ... and figuring out the correct person to ask.
Feels like I worked on 4 minor tasks in the 5 months. Everything else is discovery, meetings and management overhead. One of the bigger tasks can be considered a complete bust and I need to worry about my standing.
What worries me the most is that I was completely "out of order" over the last few weeks and barely made it across the finish line of two weeks of (paid) vacation days - which I use to recover at home.
On the plus side, I got several nice habits established.
Bought a digital piano and practiced one particular song for at least 30 minutes each day.
Started with a body weight exercise program in my morning routine and am transitioning into weight lifting at home.
I eat a lot more, even though I could not keep up the attempts where fixing meals took more that 5 minutes. Putting stuff in the oven and waiting does work. Looking back at my goals, right now I
seem to be firmly above 70 kg - next stop 80 - which will be really hard.
I want to go back to the idea of turning May and November into novel writing months.
Regarding business execution, I am not doing well in the hope department.
For a while my goal has been spending 30-45 minutes using Blender (the 3D software ...) and 15 minutes of content creation planning.
After work I was unable to do that, though. I opened Blender and stared at the screen ... but had nothing more to give.
Plan A is still trying to get momentum going. Maybe these vacation days help.
I also want to decide what project I should go for. The options:
- Go for the jugular: actually work on CAPE already, with a generic foundation but an initial product for game developers
- Go for a 2D Game: Brawlhalla fighting mechanics in a Metroidvania style environment
- Go for 3D virtual reality content, which I think is currently a weird market for an underserved audience
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