Weekly summary #18

Summary of the eighteenth week of my #SeniorDevRevamp project. Somewhere in-between being hired, and life testing me at all fronts.

Overall summary

This week was a weird one. On the one hand, I did some serious technical stuff. On the other – I have “skipped” three days in total, due to external circumstances. On the technology front, I  finished “Practical SQL” by Anthony deBarros. As I’ve written the last time, the second book that I was interested in was “Brain Refactor: Optimize Your Internal Code To Thrive in Tech & Engineering and Get More Success, Fulfillment, Money, Opportunities, Impact, and Growth”. Finished reading it too, and I think it’s a very valuable resource for all the senior+ engineers. If you’re senior enough, you will appreciate the wisdom that comes from that book for sure. I am sure my review sumarises that nicely.

On the other hand I am still in the middle of the recruitment process. I am going to have my technical interview next week, so, fingers crossed 😉

What’s next?

Interviewing and recrutiment – that’s for sure. Based on the outcome, I will plan my other activities accordingly.

Day by day list

• 07-10-2024: ANKI as usual. Continued “Practical SQL” by Anthony deBarros, and started to read “Brain Refactor” by Dagna Bieda.
• 08-10-2024: ANKI in the morning. Actually my day was a copy of the previous one.
• 09-10-2024: My dog got sick – did nothing for the whole day.
• 10-10-2024: ANKI as usual. Finished going through “Brain Refactor”. Written a review of it. Continued “Practical SQL” by Anthony deBarros.
• 11-10-2024: ANKI to keep the momentum. Sepnt some time reading all the newsletters/feeds that I subscribe to. Finished “Practical SQL” by Anthony deBarros.
• 12-10-2024: Nothing, as I am participating in the trekking marathon with 100km distance (starting at 3 PM CET).
• 13-10-2024: Finishing trekking marathon, and with no sleep at night I won’t be able to do anything today, so let’s call it a rest day 😉