Reason for being resigned
Recently, I came to Shanghai for some reason, and I contacted an old friend I haven't seen for a long time, Lao Wang;
Lao Wang and I are college classmates. After graduation, he went to Shanghai and I came to Guangzhou. Because of the professional relationship of our university, we have been engaged in the same profession after graduating from 12 years, Android development;
Because of the same occupation and years of budding friendship, Pharaoh confided in the unsatisfactory work and mid-life crisis under the influence of alcohol after several pushes and changes .
It turned out that the recent project development team of Lao Wang had a "big change". Lao Wang and three old employees who had worked in the company for 7 or 8 years were laid off, replaced by a few who had just entered the industry for a few years and were able to accept the "996" " The young man.
" I have reached 33 this year . I have been working on Android for eight years. I have been with this company for 7 years. I have no credit for the company and hard work! But they actually don’t talk about friendship at all. Yes, I don't know what to do now?" Old Wang said frustratedly, his eyes could no longer see the enthusiasm and vitality he had when he first started working.
The middle-aged crisis hits, how should we older developers respond?
Here I want to share Chen Rui’s views on the midlife crisis
Chen Rui (former R&D manager of Kingsoft Internet Security and current chairman of bilibili)
From programmer to architect to manager, and finally to entrepreneur
I have always believed in the saying: The real crisis comes from doing incorrect things at the right time. Failure to accumulate for the next step at the right time is the root cause of the crisis.
For example, when you pass the 30-year-old hurdle, your ability is still limited to the scope of the program, and you have not accumulated your own depth and vision. If this is the case, I think I will be awake every night and scold myself every day. What are you doing every day?
I have always believed in this sentence, when you shed your tears, the only thing you have left is action and hard work.
If you are a friend on this growth path, it is better to wake up early than to wake up late, this is what I want to say. Don't wait until middle age to find out that you haven't built your own moat. Only then will you know how to work hard. At the stage of my own efforts, not only did I not work hard but chose to indulge myself, this is the root of the crisis.
Do the right thing
These are some suggestions from the heart. At each stage, you know what you want to do and what abilities you gain.
22-27 years old : technology accumulation stage. Assuming a bachelor’s degree graduate at the age of 22, the first 6 years of work is a foundation stage for you. In these 6 years, you have to accumulate enough technical foundation, polish your technical strength, and become a master in a certain technical field.
I myself still remember the scene of that year: squatting in the rental room and gnawing advanced information every night, and working on the floor in the company continuously all night.
Only those who have really experienced hardship will understand that hard work is the only way out and opportunity in this life.
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27-30 years old : the stage of forming thinking methodology and knowledge system. When you accumulate enough technical strength, for example, more than 100,000 lines of code, you should form your own thinking methodology and your own independent learning skills. Any new technology can quickly see the essence of the technology in your eyes and quickly absorb it. Become part of your knowledge system.
As long as the foundation you laid in the previous stage is strong enough, you will definitely begin to eat into other areas at this stage. This is for sure.
At this stage, you are gradually no longer satisfied with the exploration of pure technical fields, but begin to explore the things behind the technology:
①What technology can exert the greatest value in what occasion;
②How should the technical team be constructed;
③The value of the technology in the company's future?
④The need for technology of startups?
⑤How to learn to make products that support technology?
⑥How is the operating system behind the supporting products established?
⑦What is the perception of technology, products, operations, etc. in the commercial society, and what are the specific laws of the commercial society?
Maybe there are more...
At this stage, accumulating technology is a piece of cake for you. What you need to hone is your thinking ability and form your own thinking method and knowledge system. This will be your weapon to help you throughout your life.
How to survive the 35-year-old crisis
At the age of 30-33, the most important thing is to understand yourself. Know what you are good at, where your strengths are, how you can maximize your value, and at the same time know what major flaws you have. In the future, whether to use our strengths and avoid our weaknesses or constantly avoid our own shortcomings, these need to be thought out in advance.
Once you think it through and think it through, there is only action left. You can choose to avoid doing things that you are not good at, do not force yourself, or put yourself in an environment that is not good for you.
Of course, you can also choose to constantly make up for your shortcomings and turn your weaknesses into your best. This needs to be carefully selected based on your own situation, whether you plan to be an architect, a management post, or start your own business, ultimately depends on what path you want to take.
At last
Finally, I want to borrow my favorite Steve Jobs quotations as the end of this article:
People can't do too many things in their lifetime, so everything must be done wonderfully.
Your time is limited, so don't live for others. Don't be limited by dogma, don't live in other people's ideas. Don't let the opinions of others influence your inner voice. The most important thing is to be brave to follow your own heart and intuition. Only your own heart and intuition know your own true thoughts. Everything else is secondary.
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