I want to play basketball. How good I want to be? I want to be a three point shooter. I want to read the game and read defense better.

Can I play in a competition team? No. I need much more than I want at this moment. My body can’t handle the training process needed.

So I need to stop to play basketball? No.

I need to understand my limitations and find ways to improve my game. A weak side will always exist, and there I will be to receive the ball and shoot a three pointer. :)

The same happens when I hear someone saying: “I want to know how to develop software”. There are many options / answers available to this question. But the process is like the same.

Do you want to be good in what aspects? You want to build what? Do you want to help your current process, do you want just for fun, do you look for performance and have a role inside a software development team? Like... do you want software development as a living?

Depending on what you want... the process and the journey are totally different.

The only certainty in this process is this: choose your skills and how good you want to be!

— Daniel Wildt