Self-development

Food

Sport

Habit handling

You can set your goals, but it is more beneficial to set your habits

Here is what I mean

Instead of setting a goal like "I want to loose 10 kg till the end of the year", you should set a habit "I want to visit gym at least three times a week"

Goals can be disappointing if you are not able to reach them. There are factors that are not in your power to change

Goals require self-control and willpower which are periodically exhausted

Learning skills

It is necessary to stay up to date in IT. New algorithms and approaches are constantly being developed, so easy to fall behind

Lifelong learning is essential

• Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics (opens new window)

• Technology radar (opens new window)

• Cloud Native Interactive Landscape (opens new window)

Reflection

You should be able to analyze and improve your behaviour. Even bad experiences can be beneficial

Here are some links to check out:

• Why You Should Make Time for Self-Reflection (opens new window)

• 15 Ways To Practice Self-Reflection (opens new window)

• Principles by Ray Dalio (opens new window)

Individual brand

You can do cool things, but if nobody knows about you, what is the point?

Open Source

You can contribute to Open Source projects

Check out this (opens new window) link to get started

Conferences and Hackathons

You can visit conferences and other IT-related events

Competitions

You can participate in hackathons and competitions:

• Kaggle (opens new window) - machine learning competitions

• Advent of Code (opens new window) - christmas spirit competitive programming puzzles

CV

If you want to be hired, CV is the first thing you need to have

Refresh your Resume (opens new window) and check out this (opens new window) link

Social Media Profiles

You can write your blog, create a Telegram channel or post on Twitter