During my short daily drive taking my son to school, I am frequently frustrated by the roundabouts that line the route. Although I am not a traffic expert, I assume that these roundabouts were designed to optimize traffic flow. Yet, more often than not, I find myself waiting in line for no apparent reason.
Every year I look forward to judging on the national tournament for the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL), a robotics program designed to get kids excited with STEM. I always get more than I give back and somehow this contagious energy ends up loading my “batteries”. However, by the end of the day, via a stressful scoring process, there is a clash between Meritocracy and Pedagogy that drains all the energy.
Over almost 20 years, I have been involved in a multitude of software development endeavors. Out of sheer luck or just time passing, together they seem to show an “evolution“ worth sharing. Even if not systematic and according to a scientific process, experience does provide insight and I hope lessons to be learned.