Stop Sucking And Be Awesome Instead: A Three Step Process

Nobody wants to suck, but the truth is, before you can be great at anything, you’re going to suck. Coding Horror blogger and co-founder of Stack Overflow Jeff Atwood has three simple rules for going from the sucking to awesome.

He writes on Coding Horror that “the only thing that prevents us from being awesome is our own fear of sucking”. What he’s found works for him and others to push past that:

1. Embrace the Suck

2. Do It in Public

3. Pick Stuff That Matters

These are his slides expanding on the above: (As presentation slides, they’re brief but most of the points are pretty clear. For ones that are cryptic, you can download the full presentation with his notes on Slideshare):

So many great points here, including acknowledging that sucking will always be there in some form, “maximising the value of your keystrokes” and doing something useful or cool for someone else. Let’s all go be awesome!

How to Stop Sucking and Be Awesome Instead [Coding Horror]