26: To Dev Or Not To Dev?
I've spoken about wanting to learn to code in order to build a side income in almost every post to date. It's what this blog is centered around, by and large. But I was having a conversation with someone on X today about how I feel empty after getting AI to code something for me end-to-end. He mentioned that while it is a dilemma, I should try to find a way to get over this. He's right, however, I think that because he is already a developer, it's easy to say "get over it". As someone who is wanting to learn the actual skills, it's a different story.
But that raises another question in my mind:
Do I want to be a software developer, or do I want to ship small bets that can produce supplementary income?
To be honest, I don't know what the answer is. Everything sort of stems back to me being a perfectionist, and wanting to always have everything polished before presenting it. This behaviour is stifling any progress, because I end up not shipping anything. How do I solve this? Still working on that.
These blogs are becoming a form of self-therapy in a way. I am starting to be able to draw connections between patterns of behaviour that are not serving me. I just need to figure out how to un-learn them.
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