Ease at Work, the whole video
This is a talk about finding a sense of ease at work, of being comfortable in my own skin. I still have yet to achieve it, but I sure would like it. If I had it, I would be a much more effective programmer.
I didn’t know of anywhere this whole video was together in one place, so here it is (thanks to Paul Sinnet for the playlist).
In some ways, this is the talk in my career I’m most proud of, most satisfied with. I was speaking from my heart about things that really matter and, frankly scare me silly. Am I going to end my career never having felt satisfied with myself? My partner Cynthia challenged me to write it after a conversation about the topic in which I got quite upset. And yes, at the end when I get choked up, that’s real.
May 28th, 2009 in
Social Commentary
A great talk, Kent!
The hero-zero pendulum and crisis addiction that you talk about certainly is common among programmers, but I’ve seen it among people in many other professions as well, especially among “high achievers”. It may even be a general dysfunction of our culture.
I know we programmers like to think we are special
, but I think most of what you talk about here would benefit the work world in general.
Thank you so much for posting this. There is no more wonderful a feeling then to feel comfortable in your own skin.
Thank you very much for such a sincere talk.
This was great and full of useful ideas. Have you or will you write any of this down?
I don’t have plans to turn write it down. I’d like to actually be good at achieving ease before talking more about it.
Hi Kent, I just saw this video and I think it very relevant to a discussion we are having in the game industry about unpaid overtime and the like. Thanks for the video. I’ve collated these videos into a single playlist for ease of use:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=448E16FD60F352E4
I believe you can also embed playlists.
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