We live in a world which believes that information is power
We drown in information and don’t know what to make of it
So we study more, looking harder and harder for the answer
Then we regurgitate it to each other
Sometimes, it’s not what you know from reading and talking
It’s what you do consistently that matters
We can all learn from reading
But take it from a writer
Words fail.
Words will never tell you the whole story
That’s why we obsess and keep writing
We can never quite give you all the details that you need
Sometimes, you have to DO
Sometimes, you have to be there
Sometimes, you have to live through the challenge
Sometimes, you have to feel the pain yourself
Sometimes, you have to see the expressions on people’s face
Sometimes, you have to pick up the puppy yourself
Sometimes, you have to fire someone who needed the job
Read.Talk.Think.Simulate.
Then get out there and just do it
Do the grunt work
Write the code
Pick up the hammer
Talk to the person being a PITA
Make the sale
Then tell me about how you know what you are doing