Here’s a little something I’ve been struggling with lately: technology. I wouldn’t say I’m horrible at it, but I know enough to make me dangerous. I make things for the internet, after all! The best part is that I’m not the only one. There are plenty of people out there that make things for the people that make things.
Tools, platforms, plugins, packages, whatchamacallits…
Very talented people put together some really cool things to make my life as a developer easier, but sometimes these talented people don’t know how to write documentation, and that usually makes my life harder.
I am autistic. I was diagnosed later in life. Documentation is a necessity for me, both when I work with other people’s stuff and when I make my own.
In the advertising industry, speed is a necessity. If you can build products faster than your competitors, then you’re probably alright. To get that edge, you can’t keep reinventing the wheel by writing your custom code all the time. Do you miss your deadlines? You’re probably too creative for your job.
To remedy that, we use these tools and plugins to develop quicker, getting the same results from someone else’s hard work (but they usually make it open source, so it’s totally okay).
My struggle is when a certain tool or plugin is highly rated, but I’m the idiot that can’t figure out how to use it. Basically, I’m not winning because of this ableist barrier, and I don’t like it.
Updated November 21, 2021. Featured photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash.
