Why try harder
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Trying to be great engineers and designers we are always on the lookout for new tools, languages and processes that help us do our jobs better. Unfortunately, we often overlook the discussion around mental framework that makes us who we are and heavily influences how we work and approach our craft. Do I try hard enough? Is it worth it? Why bother? Who cares?
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- 2. AND
- 3. WHO AM I? ZBIGNIEW SOBIECKI
- 4. PRESSING “COMPILE” SINCE 1997
- 6. award-winning design software development code reviews design audits iOS OS X clients all over the world startups Fortune 500 Android watchOS tvOS project rescue
- 7. SINCE 2008
- 8. 7 YEARS OF TRYING
- 9. cashflow hiring design culture finance app sales other stuff office sales people development business development marketing
- 10. HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND LESS FAILURES FAILURES
- 14. TAKE IT PERSONALLY whatever we do, we actually just TRY to do it quit smoking started running raced 10k, 21k pretty sure will fail to run marathon next month father of a 10-year-old lost a lot of weight
- 15. WHO CARES?
- 16. Successes and non-stupid failures to idiotic onesSuccesses Time
- 17. WHERE DOES THE SUCCESS COME FROM? HTTP/1.1 200 OK
- 20. TRYING A LITTLE HARDER EVERY DAY
- 25. SUCCESS COMES FROM TRYING HARDER CAPTAIN OBVIOUS SAYS
- 27. WE DON’T TALK ABOUT TRYING ENOUGH
- 28. IT’S NOT SEXY
- 31. THIS
- 32. IS
- 33. JUST
- 34. PR
- 35. A STORY
- 36. BUT
- 38. IT’S ALL THE SAME, REALLY
- 39. TRYING HARDER IS AN ATTITUDE
- 40. LET’S NOT GET TOO melodramatic
- 41. NEXT UP • What does it mean to try? • What does it mean to try harder? • Does it make sense to try harder? • Why don’t we try hard enough? • How to try harder?
- 42. WHAT IS TRYING?
- 43. “To make an effort to do or accomplish (something)” TO TRY
- 44. TRYING IN PHYSICS Applying force to an object to change its motion
- 45. TRYING IN REAL LIFE Object Effort Time
- 46. WHAT IS EFFORT?
- 47. WHAT IS EFFORT?
- 48. WHAT IS EFFORT?
- 49. WHAT IS EFFORT?
- 51. EFFORT Might not be big enough
- 53. TRIED TO CLEAN
- 55. ALWAYS WANTED TO BLOG
- 56. WAIT, LET’S CODE FIRST
- 57. OH WAIT
- 59. ENOUGH EFFORT
- 60. BUT IT MIGHT WORK TOO
- 61. FOR SOME TIME AT LEAST
- 62. UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE TRIES
- 65. EVEN GIVES IT ALL
- 66. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
- 67. ESTIMATING EFFORT IS HARD
- 68. ESTIMATING EFFORT IS HARD
- 71. FIRST TIME
- 72. WITH NEW STUFF IT USUALLY IS THIS FAILURE TRYING
- 73. HOW TO MAKE IT ALWAYS WORK?
- 74. PREPARE?
- 75. IT’S NOT THAT EASY XP CHARISMA EFFORT KARMA 80 120 75 42
- 76. 42 WELL IT’S NOT
- 77. THERE’S NO WAY TO MEASURE IT
- 78. ONLY RELATIVE MEASURE WORKS
- 79. FIRST TIME
- 80. SECOND TIME IS BETTER
- 81. FAILURE TRYING SO WHAT HAPPENS IS LEARNING REFLECTINGTRYING HARDER
- 82. TRYING HARDER MEANS GOING A BIT FARTHER THAN THE LAST TIME EVERY TIME
- 83. YOU CAN FEEL IT
- 84. WHEN IN DOUBT THE HARDER WAY CHOOSE
- 85. IF IT DOESN’T HURT YOU’RE NOT TRYING THEN HARD ENOUGH
- 87. YOU MIGHT GET FRUSTRATED WITH PEOPLE
- 88. PEOPLE WILL GET FRUSTRATED WITH YOU
- 89. “Perfect is the enemy of good” PEOPLE WILL SAY
- 90. “Premature optimization is the root of all evil” PEOPLE WILL SAY
- 93. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO TRY HARDER?
- 94. WHY TRY HARDER?
- 95. WHY TRY HARDER?
- 96. WHY TRY HARDER?
- 98. WHY TRY HARDER?
- 99. WHY TRY HARDER?
- 100. WHY TRY HARDER?
- 102. FOR CONSUMERS • We have better products (duh!) • We have less crap (less obvious) • Things are simpler • We are more efficient • We have more time because of the above • We are calmer and happier
- 103. FOR MAKERS • We are getting better at what we do • We reflect and improve things around us • We grow as human beings • We show the way for others to follow • We invest in the future (this is long-term strategy) • We keep the human race alive
- 104. SHORT- VS LONG-TERM • “Good enough” is a short-term approach • It’s easy • Result is predictable • Everyone does that • Cheap wins, risk small • Quality? What?
- 105. SHORT- VS LONG-TERM • “Trying harder” is long-term • Result is not obvious • More time is required • Isn’t pretty • You are only incrementally getting better • Quality is the only way forward
- 106. SAVING HUMAN RACE BY TRYING HARDER? ARE YOU KIDDING?
- 107. NO.
- 108. I’M NOT.
- 109. MAMMOTHS WERE NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH
- 110. DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?
- 111. NO?
- 112. OR THESE DUDES?
- 113. SNAKE GAME AND SUCH
- 115. ELON MUSK
- 116. ROCKETS ARE AWESOME
- 117. SENDING PEOPLE TO MARS
- 118. WHY MARS IS IMPORTANT?
- 119. STUFF HAPPENED IN THE PAST
- 120. STUFF CAN HAPPEN
- 121. HOW ABOUT NOT DO STUFF?
- 122. LOTS OF BRIGHT PEOPLE
- 123. SHOW THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO TRY HARDER
- 124. WHY DON’T WE TRY HARDER BY DEFAULT?
- 125. WHY DON’T WE TRY HARDER? • We are lazy • It’s out of our comfort zone • We’re focused on short-term, instant gratification • This is how our culture works • Trying harder isn’t sexy • Herd mentality • We pursue the wrong kind of perfection
- 126. HAVE NO FEAR OF PERFECTION. YOU WILL NEVER REACH IT. Salvador Dalí
- 127. USE PERFECTION WISELY • Motivation • Strive for it • Don’t compare against it • Direction • Not a goal • Check the progress by looking back
- 128. RIGHT KIND OF PERFECTION
- 129. HOW TO TRY HARDER?
- 130. TRYING HARDER 101 • Think this through • Realize that the choice is always there • Do it for yourself • Compare only to your past results and actions • Set a reminder for a check and reflection • Take pride in trying harder and enjoy doing it
- 131. TRY HARDER