July was completely a vacation month. I took a month off of work before switching areas inside the company, and used this opportunity to also disconnect from software development as a whole for a while. After a very exhausting period working on legacy code, methodology and mindset, I really needed this time off.
This month's recap will be a short one, but nevertheless here's what went on.
Achievements
Vacations
As mentioned in the introduction, I had vacations during all July. I used this time mostly to pursue other interests, such as music (I found a new favorite Youtube genre: music reaction videos) and gaming (though I was not able to finish my Baldur's Gate 1 run). It was the first time in over 2 years that I spent a significant amount of time not actively developing anything, which felt both weird and necessary.
Personal studies
Despite being on vacation, I did not stop my personal studies habit. I actually started three new books this month:
For career studies, I picked up Fundamentals Of Software Architecture. I have been working on several personal projects for a while now, in addition to everything I have done professionally, so I thought it was well past the time to start getting some grounding on software architecture. I am mostly interested in evolutionary architecture (for a plethora of reasons that there is no need to get into here), but I felt like I could use some more basic foundation first.
For hobby studies, I picked up Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I should have started digging into a good financial education ages ago, and it has been well over 4 years that I have been postponing it until I felt financially stable enough to be able to benefit from it. No more procrastinating here!
For technical studies, I picked up AI Engineering. It has been a little over 1 year that I have started focusing on AI Engineering in my side projects, and I am also very interested in this field as a whole. I felt so inclined to get a stronger grounding on it that I added a third type of studies to the usual 2 (career and hobby). I am just hoping that it does not get too overwhelming, but it really feels like the right time to get more serious about this stuff.
Downpoints
Not much coding
I do not have many downpoints to mention about July. Only that, since I have turned off from the software development world for this period, it did feel particularly unproductive. Not writing much code gave me time to do other things I am passionate about, and I did enjoy it, but the itch to go back is very strong.
Plans for next month
In August I will be starting in a new area at the company. I am very excited about its goal! I expect to be fully invested in getting acclimated to it for a few months.
Because of that, I will probably spend the major part of August, if not all of it, learning the base stack of this new area, and adjusting to this new period. It should be an incredible ride!
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