Personal Goals for 2022

As I step into 2022, I want to write down my goals for this year. This list is by no means all-encompassing but it covers many of the highlights I want to hit this year.

I’ve found writing down and sharing my goals to be a great motivator, so this post will hopefully help me be more accountable to my goals this year.

Professional

• The Rust programming language

  Rust is showing up alot on projects that interest me, and the language’s design also draws me in. I’ve found this experience of a Go developer’s journey exploring Rust very insightful as well.

• Real-Time dataata-driven ecosystem

  At Orbee we’ve started using Pulsar to support our real-time data streams and events in late 2021. Moving forward, checking out awesome projects like Flink and Delta Lake to build an ecosystem on top of Pulsar is on our list of goals in 2022.

Personal

• Write an article once a month

  To continue to develop my professional writing, I plan on getting myself to write on a regular basis. This is my first post to kick off this trend.

  I have some interesting topics in the areas I’ve worked in (data, analytics, marketing and game development) that I want to discuss on this site.

• Read a new book once a month

  To continue to make sure I’m growing and developing personally and professionally, I also want to maintain a steady reading habit.

  I’m currently reading Modern Software Engineering by David Farley to concretize my understanding on how to communicate about good software development practices.

• Exercise regularly

  I make sure to get my steps in every day and get my heart rate up most days, but I want to do better. Working on a more holistic solution so I maintain a healthy lifestyle is my goal in 2022.

Projects

• Modified map/reduce project in Rust (Distributed, Cloud-Native)

  I’ve seen a trend of projects that iterate off of a “modified” Map/Reduce software architecture that I find interesting as a solution space; I plan on exploring this space with a project of my own.

  A great example of this is Quickwit.

• Create a game in C++

  I’ve dabbled in game development since College (software rendering, Minecraft clone) but never followed through on any of these projects. I’ve also been told finishing that first game is the hardest part – so I plan on starting small and completing a game this year.

  Pong, Snake, and Space Invaders are all great examples of games that can be pulled off in a reasonable amount of time.

• Build a personal website ✅

  I purchased this domain a couple years ago. Since then, I haven’t used it. This year, I’ve decided to utilize it as a way to accomplish my goals and share more of my skills and experiences publicly.

I’m excited to see how 2022 goes as I work towards these goals! What are you planning to accomplish in 2022?