![]() ![]() Wherever you go, you find kindred spirits. ![]() The running and tech worlds are full of smart, interesting characters with great stories to share. And my career in tech has provided me with opportunities to meet educators, poets, musicians, doctors, pilots, and artists. I've had the privilege of getting to know well-respected software developers, journalists, marketers, CIOs, conference organizers, community managers, and industry leaders I've met on group runs and trail races. ![]() They understand why you're up early for a run before work, and then spend evenings or weekends picking up new technical skills, playing with a Raspberry Pi, or out running trails starting at 7a.m. Your ideal running partners also work in tech, because they really get you. You're reminded of the conversation you had on the trail last weekend-you were talking about the open source project you're contributing to, only to realize that your running partner was fascinated about your project related to open sores. When you're at the office and are telling a colleague all about your pronation problems and the toenail you lost over the weekend, you notice her eyes glazing over as she scrambles for her noise-canceling headphones. Passion borders on obsession.Įven new runners or new programmers quickly immerse themselves in their new-found passions. Getting started is hard.Īs a colleague recently pointed out, "Some people start it and quit every 6-9 months." Was he referring to running? Or learning to program? (He was talking about his efforts to take up running, but easily could have been describing my efforts to learn Python.) 2. I've rounded up a list of ways being a runner is like working in tech. I know-and have run with-many people in tech who also happen to be runners, but I suspect my observations work well for other fields, too. I started running more than a decade after I started working in tech, but I quickly saw similarities between the two activities that take up most my time. ![]()
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