Beyond Coding Episode #130

Q&A #6: Deadlines, Imposter Syndrome and Burnout Symptoms & More with Patrick Akil

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Outline

00:00:00 – Intro

00:00:35 – Dutch IT market salary and engineering efforts

00:03:36 – Not feeling valued

00:04:19 – How do you manage your time?

00:05:23 – Learning off the job

00:06:21 – How would you build your own team?

00:08:40 – Technical skills

00:09:42 – How do you know a deadline is not realistic?

00:13:11 – How to overcome imposter syndrome?

00:18:42 – Is it possible to succeed in IT if you have ADHD?

00:20:38 – Have ever come close to burning out?

00:24:41 – Do's and don'ts for people starting a podcast

00:28:51 – JUST DO IT!!

00:29:27 – How can developers get into the content creation space?

00:34:07 – Rounding off