It’s not what you’ve done, it’s what you’ve acheived

June 6, 2007

This is a good way to assess where you are going in life.  It’s not so much what you’ve done, it’s more about what you’ve achieved.  Great, so you’ve written a marketing plan, you are an expert in Java, .net and Ruby on Rails.  But what have you actually achieved?  What did that marketing plan result in delivering?  Who did you delight with the applications you built in Java, .net or Ruby on Rails?  What value have you personally contributed to the world?  What would your epitaph be?

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