Re: [PLUG] LINUX ADMIN ADVICE

[Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 14:23:21 -0400
Ron Guilmet <ronald.guilmet@phillydatasolutions.com> wrote:


> Maybe on the side, I should teach myself another
> language comparable to VB with GUI connecting to databases, building
> projects to show. 

Try out Kivy for native Linux and cellphone apps, and Bottle for very
simple web apps. Both very quick and easy to learn, both produce quick,
practical results.

> Then see where the universe takes me. I have to
> remind myself that I am only responsible for the effort in life, not
> the results. 

The preceding isn't true in the way most people would interpret it. For
instance, programming success over a career depends both on great code
produced fast, and salesmanship. The person who refuses ever to sell
himself generally flunks out of the business, regardless of effort
expended in high quality programming.

Likewise, as you exemplify, if your current programming skills don't
match the market, you learn new ones. And if they don't work or stop
working, you learn more new ones.

I bring this up only because I believe that, more than any other factor
including luck, a person's beliefs determine his outcomes, and the
person who interprets your previous sentence as "I tried and it didn't
work, so I quit" will almost certainly fail when failure was not at all
necessary.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence
http://www.troubleshooters.com/key
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

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