Papers please

I took a step back from the internet, which is constantly buzzing. It felt like looking at a rope pulling contest, a lot of people stressed about the future.

A lot of people on one side, and a lot of people on the other side. Competing for followers, competing for jobs, competing for promotions even though neither is qualified.

Then there is one shady looking dude under a tree, reading a book or a newspaper. Just in their own reality, relaxing, looking around, not giving a flying f*ck about the world around them.

I wish to be more like that, just doing their own thing they are good at and sharing it when they made a contribution. If the dude under the tree is bothered too much, they put headphones on.

In software, it might be the start of a new era, a new dawn, a new way of working. That combines modern computing with the classic IT we used to know and run.

When I see the recent developments in IT infrastructure currently, I cannot express the excitement. About what kind of projects are now possible if you do data engineering well.

Perhaps more open-source software in public infrastructure, it would make sense to me. More development of semantic web technologies and IT automation inside regular infrastructure, which are topics I would want to specialize in further.