It was a mind shatteringly great post when he posted it & it still keeps coming up again and again, Steve yeggee's Notes From The Muster Magic Bus[1].

> Software engineering has its own political axis, ranging from conservative to liberal.

To me this identified a core truth in myself & helped me reject fear, de-prioritize the small stuff, learn to let more colleagues attempt's ride (even though I saw better possibilities). I wanted to be a liberal software developer, not afraid of, not clutching to maintain systems & status quo's & notions of security. There are wide open futures, we will only learn of problems by trying things, by accepting some failure, & being adaptable & capable of letting choices, even not the greatest choices, happen.

[1] https://gist.github.com/cornchz/3313150