> My ego creates a tight bond between my work and my identity. Linking my self worth to how well I do my job. This then creates the need to track my performance. To keep score. Spinning up mental processes that consume valuable resources which make staying on task very difficult.
I think this part is definitely true for me...
I have let "notice when you are confused" and "understand the impact of your work" and "make sure you are building the right thing" and "make sure you know stakeholder needs" get kinda etched into my identity. I keep wanting to _understand_ the systems I work with and I keep getting distracted by noticing problems with its UX or implications to business process.
I can turn that voice off with deliberate effort, but I don't know how to get it to stay off.
Does anyone else have any methods for more permanently-silencing UX-worries and just cranking out code?
No. I was unable to silence those thoughts and became a product manager, and am now a UX practitioner with strong opinions on software dev which I also can’t seem to silence (speaking of ego).
To be clear, i'm not suggesting you stop thinking about things like "understanding the impact of your work". In fact that's exactly what I think you should be thinking about. That's the "the" type question. It's only when you start to think thoughts like "Am I doing a good job at understanding the impact" that we get away from the goal. "I" am at the center of that question, instead of the "the impact of your work"
I think this part is definitely true for me...
I have let "notice when you are confused" and "understand the impact of your work" and "make sure you are building the right thing" and "make sure you know stakeholder needs" get kinda etched into my identity. I keep wanting to _understand_ the systems I work with and I keep getting distracted by noticing problems with its UX or implications to business process.
I can turn that voice off with deliberate effort, but I don't know how to get it to stay off.
Does anyone else have any methods for more permanently-silencing UX-worries and just cranking out code?