2025 has been a blur. Personally and professionally it wasn't a good year. I am diabetic now, but not taking medication yet, it is borderline. Didn't really ship anything meaningful at work, I seem to find busy work to spend weeks on that somehow is complicated yet low impact. My exit plan didn't go well either. I got calls from dream companies but couldn't clear interviews. On the plus side, I completed one semester in OMSCS - Machine Learning for Trading, more on that in another post.
Matt Damon gave an interview about winning the Oscar award as a 27 year old. He says what a wasted life it would be if someone is chasing this well into their 80s and getting it and realising that it wasn't worth it. That he was blessed to have this realisation in his 20s because he got the award that early.
This is a profound statement with two key takeaways for one's career:
1) Chasing job titles isn't worth it
2) Job titles come to you when you work hard and show results. The results part is important.
This is a profound statement with two key takeaways for one's career:
1) Chasing job titles isn't worth it
2) Job titles come to you when you work hard and show results. The results part is important.