Thanks for sharing Eric! This is a super interesting line of thinking.
This also reminds me of decision making in psychology:
We often struggle with making decisions. If there is an obvious right choice, it's not really you making the decision, but the world makes the decision for you.
Decisions are a form of risk taking. It's crucial we know what the risks are. Ideally we can make decisions that lower the risk going forward. Then the decision is easier to make. We can move fast and don't have to be afraid.
In life it's often more crucial what you make out of the decision than what you decide:
You can learn from the oath you are going. You can change directions if needed.
But to be successful, it takes some commitment to the decision. You have to believe in it and you have to put in the work.
I can this as a parallel to software design, where often the choice is less relevant than the commitment of the team. Think monolith vs Microservices or the choice of programming language.
Thanks for sharing Eric! This is a super interesting line of thinking.
This also reminds me of decision making in psychology:
We often struggle with making decisions. If there is an obvious right choice, it's not really you making the decision, but the world makes the decision for you.
Decisions are a form of risk taking. It's crucial we know what the risks are. Ideally we can make decisions that lower the risk going forward. Then the decision is easier to make. We can move fast and don't have to be afraid.
In life it's often more crucial what you make out of the decision than what you decide:
You can learn from the oath you are going. You can change directions if needed.
But to be successful, it takes some commitment to the decision. You have to believe in it and you have to put in the work.
I can this as a parallel to software design, where often the choice is less relevant than the commitment of the team. Think monolith vs Microservices or the choice of programming language.