Engineering video
0:47 · 2 August 2025
Pursuing hobbies close to your development specialization, such as calligraphy or drawing for front-end developers, or chess and mechanics for back-end developers, keeps the brain sharp and fuels passion.
Hear it at 0:05 →Mastering an ergonomic mechanical keyboard and tinkering with technology like a Raspberry Pi or a smart home setup helps build an engineering identity.
Hear it at 0:19 →fuel your passion. This is specifically important for developers who made a career switch. You want to get hobbies that are close to development, whether it's calligraphy, if you're a front end developer or drawing. If you're a back end developer, things like chess, mechanics, you know, hobbies that are kind of using the same part of the brain, and they keep you sharp, and they also fuel the ability your passion.
Buy an ergonomic mechanical keyboard and and master it. And if you really want to look younger, then buy one that's colorful. Maybe you find it a bit weird or or childish at the beginning, but you will get used to it. And it will also add some life to your uh to your office. Some other things you can do, it's buy a Raspberry Pi for your kids. Or even like set up Alexa, set up the smart home. Just be interested in technology and and play with technology and you will start to build this identity of I'm an engineer.
And I build stuff, whether it's at my home or at my job.
