EN — A.Reznik

EN :: Early Prototyping

I’m a strong advocate for early prototyping. I believe that the sooner you can assemble and review a working prototype of a product/service, the better.

EN :: Countering Professional Burnout

Burnout is a significant issue for IT professionals, one that isn’t talked about often. As I’ve noticed, newcomers don’t really consider this issue, because the desire to have a job and solve work tasks is stronger than the overall planning of their career path. Understandably so, I’ve been there too. Nevertheless, everyone who has gone through burnout (successfully or not) understands that the problem exists and it needs to be discussed.

I believe that knowing and adhering to a strategy that helps counter burnout in advance, in order to maintain productivity and (more importantly) take care of your health, is the right decision for a specialist.

EN :: Continuous Learning

For several months, I was a mentor in a Python backend development course. For me, this was a great, albeit unpaid, opportunity to develop my soft skills in dealing with beginners. For one of the meetings with the students, I prepared a speech in which I shared my experience of learning and overcoming problems.

Today I will discuss one of the points from that speech. The topic in the headline is «Continuous Learning».