A lot of the time, I discuss Kubernetes, cloud computing, and programs. Yet this moment, I wanted to share something various, a personal story. It’s not about code or infrastructure, however I think it’s something most of us in tech (and past) have dealt with since COVID,” The fight for our very own interest”.
Considering that COVID, most of us started working from home. For me, that shift coincided with a continuous stream of disconcerting news and an energetic passion in the securities market. Thus lots of others, I ended up being simple target for the endless cycle of updates– another urgent than the various other– pushed by algorithms created to keep me hooked.
Gradually, without understanding it, my interest was being exhausted. Platforms like YouTube and news outlets were eating my time, fragmenting my focus, and eroding my efficiency. Eventually, I opened YouTube, took a look at my control panel, and it hit me: most of what I was enjoying was worthless crap. Worse, it had not been just my time being squandered, it was my psychological energy, my creative thinking, my very feeling of objective as a designer.
My days really felt vacant, removed important. A person was hijacking my dopamine system, feeding me diversions, and doing just sufficient of my work to leave me disoriented and passive.