Staying Sharp

I’ve come to realize during my time at ilionx that it is of importance to stay sharp. My manager used to tell me that its essential to keep the killer mentality going. And I’d view it as some business jargon.

Lately I’ve been reading a book called “The book of five rings by Miyamoto Musashi”, a book about martial arts mastery written by a swordsman. I know a bit of a weird choice, but I believe with all things something is to be learned. Musashi writes about the different fighting techniques, swordsmenship and allot of philosophy. In the book of Earth I learned that it is essential to stay sharp by practicing the art you do. In one of the nine principles which a a samurai must rely on (the ground work for which you stand on) he mentions: “The way is in training”. This got me thinking about all the projects I’ve done and didn’t succeed or that didn’t get used. In some ways these were only a wet stone sharpening my skills.

So after reading this and realizing that I must keep my skills sharp and have a focused mind I decided to practice everyday with a website called codewars and hacker rank. I thought it might help you out too if you want to give them a try.