Your career is your most powerful investment. An increase in income results in a non-linear increase in your savings, your disposable income, and your lifestyle. For most people, this income comes from their work or career. It makes sense then, that we should focus on our career first by increasing our market value, before anything else.
Still not convinced? Here are five reasons on why focusing on your career is a worthy pursuit:
When we think of investments, we usually think of stocks, bonds, or real estate. Personal finance media often focus on these popular asset types. They teach us to maximize our retirement funds, invest in low-cost index funds, diversify with bond funds, and buy rental houses.
While these are all good advice and it certainly helped a lot of people improve their financial standing, I think it overlooks a very important asset. One that can yield great returns when utilized properly, can improve your lifestyle, and more importantly, one that you already own!
James climbed up the ladder until he reached the top of the bunker. He just called in a missile strike to his location in order to destroy this virus laboratory. He knew it would be the end. After saying goodbye to his loved ones, he looked at the vast and beautiful ocean for one last time, and accepted his final fate.
After hearing the news of his death, his colleagues gave him a final toast with these words:
We all know the concept of paying it forward. When someone does something for you, instead of paying it back to that person, you instead do something for another person. By doing this, the good deed spreads around the community instead of being constrained between two parties.
What is another person, exactly? A good definition is: someone other than yourself. This could be a neighbor, a friend, a family member, or even a complete stranger. But think about this: are you the same person ten years ago? Do you think that you will be ten years from now? Perhaps we can extend the definition to include you from the past or the future.
Upgrading your libraries and dependencies regularly is a must if you want to keep up with application security and performance. Sometimes though, things do not go as planned and part of your code breaks because of the upgrade.
This happened when we upgraded our Ruby version from 2.7 to 3.0. Suddenly, all of our requests to Amazon’s API started failing. As this was a critical part of the business, we had to investigate the root cause of the problem.