{"id":8,"date":"2021-10-07T04:29:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T04:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/?p=8"},"modified":"2021-10-07T04:35:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T04:35:26","slug":"the-next-new-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/2021\/10\/07\/the-next-new-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"The next new thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Accomplishments are meant to be a journey, not the destination.&#8221; <\/p><cite>Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Challenge yourself. Push yourself. Find your happiness. Never stop learning. Be Effective. Laugh. Cry.                                                                             <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These words all have something in common: a shared goal. These are bits of titles of books all recommended to help your improve yourself, grow.  Computer science is all about growth- keep refining, trying, failing, failing smarter, until eventually you get good at something and start the cycle over again. In fact we spend so much time focusing on mastering a skill, becoming the best at something, that we lose sight of the journey. Which, according to those titles, is actually the best part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4851\/files\/2021\/10\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a woman in tech, it&#8217;s hard to imagine myself ever being the best, however good I get at one skill. However, in this journey of failing and succeeding, I have learned that by owning and relishing the small moments, pushing myself to learn better, different, or in a different way, has in fact set me apart to be the best at something. At least briefly. This semester, it&#8217;s seeking out challenge. I&#8217;ve identified where my weaknesses are, I have pushed myself out there to the very limits of them, and I am grasping for challenge at every turn (don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;ve already found plenty!). And in that way, continuing the journey that could very easily feel like an end to an outsider, but still very much feels like the beginning. And I am totally okay with that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accomplishments are meant to be a journey, not the destination.&#8221; Dwight D. Eisenhower Challenge yourself. Push yourself. Find your happiness. Never stop learning. Be Effective. Laugh. Cry. These words all have something in common: a shared goal. These are bits of titles of books all recommended to help your improve yourself, grow. Computer science is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/2021\/10\/07\/the-next-new-thing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The next new thing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11719,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rookiemistakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}