As St. Thomas Aquinas said: To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
I am sure I am not the only one to share this philisopy - but this is the ‘rat race’ most of us detest, having to play the game, or to climb that proverbial ladder - instead of letting the work we do speak for itself we also have to toot our own horn?
turtleyacht•8mo ago
Commits are invisible. Sometimes, it may be good to "productize" one's work. To participate in deployment announcements, even if it's internal and narrow in scope.
Not only patching and enhancing existing products, but looking for entrypoints where we can contribute named artifacts--which may yet live past us, but linger on the utterance of others.
JohnFen•8mo ago
Honestly, I've never engaged in overt self-promotion in the workplace, and if it has limited my career in any way, I haven't noticed.
sherdil2022•8mo ago
I am sure I am not the only one to share this philisopy - but this is the ‘rat race’ most of us detest, having to play the game, or to climb that proverbial ladder - instead of letting the work we do speak for itself we also have to toot our own horn?
turtleyacht•8mo ago
Not only patching and enhancing existing products, but looking for entrypoints where we can contribute named artifacts--which may yet live past us, but linger on the utterance of others.
JohnFen•8mo ago