Dinh Tin Tran
This morning was the first day of the fixing my sleep challenge. The first day was okay, I slept at 12 and woke up at 7:20. Actually, I woke up earlier but the cold weather made me delay until 7:20.
I went to work quite early this morning. I only learned a few things in the DataZoomcamp course this morning. I was stuck installing the Postges CLI library and it hasn't been fixed yet. At noon, I went out to eat with some colleagues, although we went out together, we split into 3 different groups to eat HAHA. After eating, I went to sit in a cafe with the Lead from the CMS team, he has been working here for quite a long time, 12 years. Actually, it's quite a long time, I never thought I would work for a company for more than 3 years, really HAHA. It's not that I'm not loyal to the company, but I want to learn new things, want to be in a newer environment. I don't like stability.
Going to coffee with him, I also realized quite a lot of things. It is not necessary to know too many different tech stacks. Sometimes just 1 or 2 tech stacks are enough to work and make a living. And it is not necessary to follow the customer's request, but you have to focus on the mindset of consulting customers and orienting customers to the technology you know best, implementing with the least cost. I asked: Does Drupal have the ability to survive or have many job opportunities? He answered quite simply: Before you started working, Drupal had already released about 5 to 6 versions, and now you are still working, I understand enough.
The reason why when I first applied to the company, there was also a Software Engineer position, but I read quite carefully, I read that the company used many CMS platforms, so I guessed that if this stack was true, I would not really like it, even though it was true to my role, if I continued with that role, my experience time would also increase. But I still chose Data engineer, a completely new role. Up to now, I still don't feel any regret or mistake.
That same afternoon, my brothers and I had a farewell party for him, he returned to HCM, ending a one-week business trip in Da Nang. My brothers and I also met another guy who also worked in the company but he worked remotely, as a collaborator or something, I don't know his role very well. I heard that this guy, the CEO and the team leader, were classmates in the same year at a famous school in Da Nang. It was really WOWWW.
Let me tell you a little about this afternoon, there was a session to participate in to get training on some topic. I remember it was Professional mindset or something. I participated for the sake of it but I really didn't get anything. Partly because of the connection and partly because I'm not really interested in these soft skills training sessions.
Tonight I had the opportunity to sit in a coffee shop alone :) Actually, I waited for my lover, went out to eat with colleagues and then we both went back to our hometown. Sitting here, I was really thinking about reviewing English for the exam this weekend. But I was really caught up in a new project of mine (yes, I've skipped a few projects, don't know when I'll do it again HAHA).
This project is really out there on the market. It's even hated by the indie hacker community when they hear that someone started making money by creating apps like this. The value it brings is really little. But I don't care about that. I need it, I make it for myself, if anyone has a common need, I'll sell it. Solve my problem first. My problem is that I want a Pomodoro clock like that, and I want it to be a widget that displays on a small screen, but I don't see any products, so I just make it (or I haven't found one yet). It's that simple. HEHE
Oh my god, this Sunday I have an English test, tomorrow I have a military service examination, and I really have nothing in mind. But now studying is meaningless. So I will continue to build and ship. If I fail, I will retake the test, HAHAA.
Bye bye, it's past my bedtime. Don't forget 30 days of fixing my sleep. I will update every day. HAHA