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Goals
Hi Ronen,
On our last meetings we agreed I will think and present the attributes of goals - instead of less defined goals.
In brief, for now it's a technical expertise. I will explain what I mean.
I was looking around enough to see where I would like to advance to and where not. I see our leads and it doesn't engage me to spent 80% of time and nerves in t-cons, meetings, battles etc. I am aware it all is inevitable in any serious task, but would like to minimize non-technical sides. Ideally, I would like to enter to and assume responsibility for one or few areas (features, modules) and work mainly with it. Unexpected random jumps between tasks make me feel like a general worker, it frustrates. I want to gain a mastery in at least one area... Again, I fully understand that my demands are infeasible in the real industry, but that is what I wish. Lectures, reading, talks don’t work good enough for me -- I gain knowledge and experience only when I work on concrete things.
I should also care about my job market value. When I talk about "learning things" I mean also things I can add to my resume. Of course: HAST, RAT and IQTB are necessary tools, but I cannot mention them in CV... Since I started to work in GE, "Linux" is maybe the single addition I consider. The only project in which I participated is a porting project and I don't know what interesting I would tell about it if asked. In evening, when I come home, I try to read professional books and take some courses on Coursera. It's not only for my curiosity but because I must do something to not stagnate. It's ok, I do. But I want that was not necessary. Why employ the head at home, not at work?
Returning to the question about goals. To be honest, currently I don't see a subject which I could make my goal. Possibly that's because my field of view is still narrow, the only projects I saw closely were the HDe projects. Maybe I need to get to know more activities on the site to see more things which can become goals. Anyway, it’s difficult for me to think now about strategic goals and what will I do, say, 5 years after-- until the above vital needs are not satisfied.
To conclude, all these are just my personal values and interests. I wouldn't say they are quite neglected, but maybe it’s possible to better combine them with the corporative interests.
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