I've been fully remote before 2020, so there wasn't really a big adjustment for me, save for the closure of coffee places and such, also everyone being at home all the time now.

(04-01-2021, 04:12 AM)venam Wrote: Through my job application journey, I've noticed that I can't frame myself as specialist in anything.

That's something I might say about myself as well. I'm experienced in both APIs and compilers, which are quite different, but also not too much related to my actual day-to-day work. Because I'm not sure I actually want to go deep on a technology, I'm thinking of improving my systems and process thinking on my road towards becoming a principal engineer/software architect.

I think it's healthy to assess one's own strength and weaknesses (and desires) from time to time, to figure out where to invest.

There's some open-source I maintain that I want to spend some time on, but I'm acutely aware of the burnout risk. My plan is to slowly ramp that up as I'm ramping down actual programming in my day job, so that coding becomes more a fun thing again that I do in my spare time.

I've also been trying to write more, and 2020 has been an okay year for my public writing, but I'd like to do a bit more still on that. Officially aiming for a well-written blog post every month, so 12 in total.

On a more private level, I've been learning Japanese for almost two years now, and I'm slowly getting to the point where I can consume (some) regular media that isn't explicitly made for learners, so I want to piggyback on that and immerse myself more. The long term plan would be to move to Japan in a year or two, assuming things like pandemics and visas work out. Luckily my employer is present in Japan already, so I would even get to keep my job.

Also hoping to get my SCUBA certification once pools open again in spring.