And life is flowing: notebook.toth.al
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\nI wonโt faff about this more:
\n๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐! ๐๐จ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต.
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","summary":"","url":"https://notebook.toth.al/2026/06/06/built-for-complexity-not-maintenance.html","date_published":"2026-06-06T10:00:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Toth","url":"https://use.toth.al/profile","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F1853050.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"alextoth"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 10:00","date_timestamp":1780740008,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:swwbtxzpdnx6xoudzrjzseh5/post/3mnmfg2tybi2y"]}},{"id":"91566664","content_html":"@alextoth.bsky.social true, we sometimes prioritise process for thing that donโt work or even donโt exit yet ..
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\nAnd I talk about it all the time in my newsletter. [link in bio]
@alextoth.bsky.social J. F. Evans writes in Key Concepts in Systems Thinking that we must constantly focus on the core purpose of our system.
\nWhen you spend all day fixing a SysML block or formatting a document you stop directing the project and become just another worker.
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\nEven my smart ideas were starting out of those
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","summary":"","url":"https://notebook.toth.al/2026/06/01/mastermind-call-to-bypass-the.html","date_published":"2026-06-01T09:44:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Toth","url":"https://use.toth.al/profile","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F1853050.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"alextoth"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-01 09:44","date_timestamp":1780307081,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:swwbtxzpdnx6xoudzrjzseh5/post/3mn7s7uj2wv27"]}},{"id":"91274154","content_html":"@alextoth I subscribed ..
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/alextoth/91274154","date_published":"2026-05-31T16:37:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Toth","url":"https://use.toth.al/profile","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F1853050.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"alextoth"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 16:37","date_timestamp":1780245451,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91258746","content_html":"@alextoth.bsky.social The peers who look confident are mostly just further down one specific path.
\nThatโs it. Thatโs all!
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\nOnline roadmaps are fine but they are written for general audiences. A minimal real project forces you to fill the gaps in your knowledge and skills that matter most to your specific path
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\nMy honest take is to pick something and spend six to eight weeks building a small project.
\n๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐.
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\nBut I digress, I reminess โฆ nostalgia ..
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\nYea .. it was long before modern apps โ> I am ancient.
@alextoth.bsky.social Not many of you will know that while I graduated Electronics and Telecommunication, I also graduated the Multimedia department. I learned internet development, animation and design too.
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\nSome people learned SW or net dev, Iโll use that as an example:
\nIf you have some Python and SQL skills that is a solid starting point for data work or backend development.
BUT
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\nI wonโt faff about this more:
\n๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐! ๐๐จ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต.
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\nWeโre looking to put an entertainment box on wheels nowadays, looks like forgetting the purpose of a vehicle, but cram it SW.. you know point A to point B.
\nThen, the phone evolved to a smartphone taking us over. Why not the car?
\nI miss touching HW.
@alextoth.bsky.social hahaa, wow โฆ
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\nBut ..
\nthere is a better way forward!
\nWhat has been your biggest learning curve as a Systems Engineer?
@alextoth.bsky.social 5. Maintain a strong sense of curiosity because excellent engineers adapt to new challenges daily.
\n๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ.
\nTrue engineering development happens on the job.
@alextoth.bsky.social 3. Practice explaining ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป-๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. This is rare and critical position.
\n4. Focus on your soft skills as they are frequently more important than technical theory.
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\nโข Corporate office politics
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\nThe first product solves stinky dirty problems in a premium way :))\nAsk me for the link.
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\nNo?
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