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Too Many Resources, Not Enough Time
The other day I was reading an essay or article from a developer, I can’t even remember what, and the writer mentioned a website where you can work on coding projects and I felt really embarrassed and bit dismayed for a minute because I suddenly remembered I’d signed up for that very site a few weeks ago and had apparently immediately forgot about it. It just seems like I have so many books and tutorials and bookmarks and links.
This isn’t new; ever since bootcamp, a year now, I’ve been saving articles and tutorials and buying books and courses. There’s not enough time in the world for me to get through them. I don’t even know if they’re right for me. I have so many bookmarked Medium articles from the fall of 2019 I can’t even get through them as a list. When I saved them, each one seemed to be the antidote to the slow poison of imposter syndrome.
The truth is, I’m addicted to aggregating resources. It makes me feel temporarily better, like I’ve handled a nagging problem, which, for developers, is always “I don’t know enough!” Yeah, I don’t have a lot of free time, so I’m always looking for the magic bullet, but I think I could probably use the time I do have more effectively than I’m…
