Created: July 16, 2021 2:28 PM
For the longest time I have been thinking about blogging. It feels like my mind naturally drifts towards questions like: what should I name my blog? What are some topics I want to talk about? Sometimes I daydream about having regular readers, maybe someday getting invited to talk about my experiences. This tugging I feel towards writing/blogging or creating something is not an everyday thing but it comes and goes. It’s gone on long enough that I’m finally going to start doing something about it.
I don’t consider myself successful enough for someone to be persuaded to read my posts. However, I think, like everyone else, I have a story to tell and document and perhaps show others the way things look from my vantage point. For instance, I come from a middle class Indian family - which in itself is perhaps not interesting. But, I don’t often come across people who studied in school where medium of instruction was a regional language. The feeling of being inferior to others that got acquired during those years still stays with me. When I hear people struggling with fitting in to a sub group (e.g., women trying to break into coding) I can somewhat relate to their experience. I want to explore this topic more and see if I can discover something more interesting to share.
Another viewpoint is my need to be honest in sometimes harmful ways. I self deprecate often in front of team members. I think I do that because it makes me authentic. However, I also worry whether it has downsides to my reputation.
The third viewpoint is that of a learner. Someone who is curious to learn about new things. Finding ways to improve productivity. I can think of writing posts about all the things I don’t know and how I’m learning them. I can imagine writing a series of posts about becoming a competent developer. Perhaps even turn that into a course. Or I can also talk about abstract concepts such as “you’re only as good as your tools” or “why testing is important“ etc.