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Apprenticeship Patterns Blog - Unleash Your Enthusiasm

For this week’s blog post, I read the section  “Unleash Your Enthusiasm” from chapter two of the book Apprenticeship Patterns by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye. The section talked about how software developers especially the newcomers find themselves self-holding back the enthusiasm you have towards the work than your colleagues. Mainly due to the fear of making a poor impression on your coworkers. As I was reading the pattern, I feel like it has a personal connection to me because I see myself in the same situation of holding back on certain circumstances, Mainly I do not want to make a bad impression. The author states that ” Most teams are not hyper passionate or overly enthusiastic about technology. Predictably, they are focused on delivering the next project or improving on the aspects of the development life cycle that are causing them pain”  I completely agree with this statement, I see many people nowadays in the field of technology are not passionate about the work they do daily.

However, I think it is important especially for a team member to be Optimistic, enthusiastic, and eager to learn.  For us, this is the perfect time in your career when it makes the most sense to take risks and speak your mind. Ultimately, we have very little to lose. Also, I believe that ideas and passion will add diversity and energy to a team. One of the risks the author talked how “unleashing your enthusiasm on an established team. If morale is low or if the team is not welcoming of newcomers, you will likely get some eye-rolling behind your back.” I agree with this but on a team that is open to excitement and contributions, you will provide some unique qualities that stand you out. Ultimately, unleashing enthusiasm or some excitement into your team is great because as a newcomer you will have a fresh perspective, which should allow you to offer some useful suggestions for improvement. Overall, this pattern was very interesting, and moving forward I should not be holding back, instead, I should show my enthusiasm qualities towards something and should speak up for what I think is right.

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