I made a significant discovery recently about my life.

I can love and hate something. At the same time. There are many of such things. This dynamic is affecting my whole life significantly. I actually mean those “love” and “hate” words. I love talking to people. But I can also hate it immensely as well. The imbalance can drive me crazy and I’m so glad I could finally put a name on this situation. I love you, and hate you, at the same time. The balance between the two changes every day. Like a sunset or a sunrise. Light and darkness live inside me.

We need to rebuild a dependency tree of python wheels from scratch. Bootstrap, in other words. Let’s go!

My first conference outside of Brno after the pandemic. I forgot how stressed I am from the travelling. Didn’t have to wait long to realize why:

• traffic jam in Brno
• 90 minutes flight delay
• downpour of people on the airport
• border control scanners not made for my height
• missing connections because of delays
• never-ending transfers

All of this was worth the frustration to absorb Flock energy and magic.

Scenario

Imagine a team meeting. It is attended by a diverse group: folks of different experience, skills, age, background, culture, work title, and time on the team.

I experienced hundreds of such meetings in my career. These meetings are usually dominated by:

1. Extroverts

2. More experienced colleagues (Senior engineers, leads, managers, and higher)

3. Folks that are on the team for a long time

4. Top performers

(a single person can match all 4 :)