Barcamp.

So I went to this barcamp thing (sounds very negative doesn’t it?) but I thought it was great, interesting, inspiring, I mean I can go on but I am sure you get the point (here are a couple write ups – dewet, dewet2, max). What really struck me about the whole event was the amount of focused (some call it passionate) people there. It got me thinking, why am I not as focused? Why don’t I use my free time to investigate something, research and develop myself? Or do I and I don’t realize it?

Let us tackle it from another perspective, a practical perspective. When you go for an interview and the interviewer asks you, “Where do you see yourself in 5/10 years?” – long pause, think about it – “ hmmmm, well that is a tough one …. Hmmmm … “. Now I know a couple people that could give a clear cut answer (rafiq, elevator speech). Well no matter what I do, I always give them a different answer. What does that mean? I can only come up with two explanations (feel free to help me out here) – either I don’t like what I do or I don’t like where I am doing it. I have sat up many a night till 3 am coding, however not for the company I work for presently, but I would given the chance. OK, maybe I don’t take charge … direct my thoughts for me please! I mean how could a person direct their attention as people do, what if you don’t experience something? What if you miss something? Maybe I was not meant to be really excellent at one thing – rather fairly good at a lot of things. I suppose only time will tell.

Back to barcamp, maxine – you are the bomb! rafiq – envy your enthusiasm! conrad – fascinated by your conversation! And the rest – thanks for your re/action to the situation.