βAbove all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.β
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love this! Signed up and donated completely privately to an organization.
The in-app wallet with preconfigured mint is really good too and might just become my daily driver.
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One thing I noticed after I completed my coaching training in 2022 is that I went through an identity crisis. I had trouble asking for money to coach people because my identity and worth was tied to writing code. Once I let go of the limiting belief that I could only create value for others by writing code, the resistance to ask for money faded as well. I also learned from experienced coaches that the value for clients is actually higher when you charge more money. Clients show up on time, more prepared, and committed to making a change when they paid a meaningful amount before a session. They simply got more out of it. They werenβt paying for my time; but for their own growth. It was just my ego standing in my way.
I believe engineers are going through a similar identity crisis with AI. I feel the same resistance towards adopting AI tools as I did when learning to become a coach. But what if the value we create as engineers isnβt in the ascii characters we type on a screen, but in our creativity and our desire to solve customer problems.
