Writing was one of my goals for 2019. Couldn't write a single piece. A mix of impostor syndrome and lack of discipline I guess. Sometimes I get nice ideas about something to write and then when I start typing I think, 'this is just bad' or 'no one is going to like this'.
To the people who write: how do you decide what to write about? Do you play and research with tools and thoughts, and write about that? Or mostly about things you actually do at work?
There was a blog post by her that I happen to read, called "Life Without a Destiny"
https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/5/21/life-without-a-d...
What she wrote there totally resonated with me and stayed with me from the day that I read. It was as if she managed to put what I have been wondering into words.
As an aside, what a great 2019 reading list!
> she was denied a formal education–yet went on to obtain an Ivy League degree
Now an editor at NYTimes. Amazing resolve.
Not really related to tech, but I find it interesting that she went from software engineering to being an editor for the New York Times and writing books.
That being said once you've been a whistleblower, even for good reasons, sadly, it is probably harder to find another job in your previous area of expertise...