Category: Thoughts

I’m sure you’ve heard of the concept of technical debt, right? The idea pretty much boils down to – if you are writing a code, you are most likely creating a tech debt along the way. And if you DON’T repay the debt (e.g. by scheduling regular maintenance intervals), you will accumulate even more […]

Nine out of ten times, asking somebody how their vacation was, the response is along the lines of: “good, but too short!”. And you know what? They are right; at least from their point of view. Or, to be more precise, from their emotional point of view. On the other hand, I’m sure you’ve […]

I talked about this on multiple occasions. Even wrote a full blog post about it. I’ve been attending REBT (Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy) sessions for 5+ years. What I will focus on is a specific time period. Period when I was “tasked” with doing the shame-attacking exercises. Yeah. For those unfamiliar, the concept of […]

This article was supposed to be called “I am pissed”. That’s how I envisioned it. Because, guess what? I WAS pissed as fuck at the time when I wanted to write it. The only reason I didn’t was that I was so pissed about being pissed that I couldn’t even start writing about it. Go […]

Startups. This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot. It’s not just a “buzzword”. It’s a symbol of freedom. Freedom of choice. Freedom from money issues. Being your own boss. Making your own choices. Doing stuff that you enjoy doing and doing them on your own terms. Building your own startup (or shall […]

Ever caught yourself saying something like “I’ll never get that”? “It’s too hard; I’ll never understand it”. “I’m just anti-talent for it”. Be honest! I’m sure you went through it at least ONCE in a recent past. Pause for a second now and think about it. What was it? What made you feel like […]

I’ve been doing REBT (Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy) for 5+ years now; been flaunting about it for 3+. Yet, it never ceases to amaze me how people react when I bring it up. It’s literally as if I released a fart and acted all normal about it. […]

I was never an avid reader. Even calling myself a casual reader would be an exaggeration.. I just wasn’t into reading. I somehow managed to go through school without reading a single book. No clue how I did it, but I did. And it worked out pretty well. And then it happened … I […]

I’ve been sitting on the “other” side of the table for a while now. Did around hundred of them. Primarily for software engineering positions, but I had my shot of fun with QA, sys admins and many others. Frankly, I’ve always loved them. They kind of combine couple of passions that I deeply enjoy […]

Have you ever looked at someone and thought – “wow, that’s so easy for them! I wish I was that fearless”. That ever happened to you? I’m not talking about successful people only, but pretty much anybody. Just by observing others doing things that scare us, we assume that they aren’t dealing with negative […]