What do I want to be known as? What do I want to accomplish as a developer? Which direction do I want to go?
I think there are a few areas where I need to focus on.
I need to be more comfortable in the domain knowledge. I need to keep learning. I need to keep digging. I need to get more comfortable with the systems. I noticed yesterday that after I go through code, I understand more. So all I need to do to really understand the systems is to step through and see how they work. After I do that, I think I can have a lot of input.
Yes, I am not a quick thinker. Yes, my memory is bad. But it is good when I put things into context. So it’s good if I put enough effert to it. And that’s what I want to do.
Yesterday I was stepping through the sgd model builder, and it suddenly occurred to me that the process is not that complicated. It’s actually pretty simple.
To answer my original questions, I want to put focus on testing and test-driven development. I want to push people in that direction. I think I have enough knowledge and enough motivation to do so.