5. Practical Learning Strategies for Engineers: hybridhacker.email/p/practical-le…

Author: Nicola Ballotta

Learning new things is the best investment you can make for your career and personal life.

However, learning requires a methodical approach, especially when you are no longer in your twenties.

My process is divided into different steps:

𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀

Here is a good list of tech articles to go over during the week:

You are what you eat.

10 brain foods to grow as an engineer:

Last week, I reflected on what I could have done better over the past 25 years of my engineering career.

This is a summary of what I came up with:

🕒 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
↳ Understand procrastination better, use SMART goals, and time-box my days

There's one psychological phenomenon that affects most high-performing engineers, and especially managers or leaders.

What is commonly referred to as Impostor Syndrome.

Commonly, because it's not actually a recognized syndrome, but rather a psychological phenomenon.

It is

There's a secret weapon that has significantly contributed to my career growth, and I believe it can help other engineers and leaders too.

🚀 Side projects.

Working on a side project offers numerous benefits:

📚 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
↳ from

In an era where technology has become mainstream and AI is quickly growing, Soft Skills > Hard Skills.

What makes a real difference are people, and that's why it's so important to know which skills to develop.

When I seek new engineers or EMs, these are the five categories of

As you might have noticed, I had to take a forced pause from X last week.

I was at CloudFest for work, and although I could have scheduled all my X posts over the previous weekend, I preferred to take a week off to spend time with family, whom I wouldn't see for a week.

As

A few days ago, I reached 25,000 subscribers with The Hybrid Hacker newsletter.

I know there are fellow writers who have grown much more, but for me, this achievement is simply incredible.

🙏 So, first and foremost, I want to thank all my readers, especially the 115 who decided

I'm an introvert, but there's one event that I always try to attend regularly, and I've been doing so for a few years now.

☁️ Cloudfest.

It's one of those events where I've learned the power of networking.

It's a great opportunity to:

🌐 Gain insights about the Cloud market

In my life, I've seen many experts become somewhat annoyed by others asking questions.

⛽️ However, questions are what fuel the engine of innovation.

Without them, many things we take for granted today would not exist.

Let me give you some examples.

🌐 The Internet: it began