Now, there are naturally harder things than what I’m going to talk about in this post. However, given the context of software development and leading teams this is the hardest. Especially if you’ve gone from being fairly good at the decipline of the people of your team.

I was fortunate to be able to attend JSConf EU in 2011. This turned out to be a life altering event. Going there I expected to see some nice talks and get drunk in the awesome city of Berlin. While I did both of those things, what happened in the can going to Berlin airport was not expected.

I am fast approaching 40 years old which is pretty fucking scary in general, but even more so when you work in software. No more am I allegeable for jobs, as I’m no longer in a place where I am viewed as something for the future.

I got this idea into my head the other day and it’s been wandering around in that open space since then. Arid and deserted surroundings seems to be a good place for ideas to hatch. We like to see code as something pure and objective.

I was sitting on the floor playing with my son after coming home from work when my wife said: “it’s great to have you back". I was puzzled, what did she mean by that? Back from work? I hadn’t been away or anything so it had to be that, right?