My Plans for 2023

First of all, Wish you a very happy new year and I hope this year will bring more joy and happiness into your lives. I would like to share how was 2022 for me and what my plans are for 2023. Highlights of 2022 The year 2022 is very eventful for me and lots of interesting things happened. 1. “How to Become a Software Architect” series with in28minutes and JavaBrains I collaborated with in28minutes Ranga and JavaBrains Koushik and did a “How to Become a Software Architect” series

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How I dealt with burn out?

A month ago I was constantly feeling stressed out, tired and not getting proper sleep. To put it simply I got burned out. The interesting thing is it is not because of my official work pressure. Currently, I am working with a cool client, we are delivering the features on time and the team is friendly…I have nothing to complain about my official work. So I thought (and tweeted) it might be because of the things I do in addition to my regular job.

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My 2020 year review and plans for 2021

I would like to share how was my year 2020 and what I am planning to do in 2021. As we all know 2020 was a rough year due to COVID-19, lockdown and all, but 2020 is a good year for me in many ways. It used to take minimum 2 to 3 hours of daily commute for office, now that I have been working from home I am able to use that time for other activities.

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My proud moment as a mentor

As software developers, most of us implicitly assume gaining strong technical skills might make us successful. Many of us assume being good at cutting edge technologies, mastering keyboard shortcuts, being able to work on front-end, back-end and infrastructure etc etc will make us successful in our careers. Yes, the above mentioned skills definitely help, but just being good at tech skills might not make us successful. There is more to it.

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