I still like this post. I think it’s a good metaphor with a strong visual component, one that makes pretty intuitive sense. It also highlights a problem that happens at kind of the worst frequency; issues that happen all the time people get bothered enough to fix, issues that never happen may legitimately aren’t worrying about that much, but the ladder basically hits an organization once each generation. (However long a “generation” is for that org- student groups go faster than church leadership.)
Upon review, I think it pairs well with Melting Gold. The ladder isn’t just for organizations; any contribution you’re making to the world, that you have to put ongoing effort into maintaining, is worth spending at least five minutes thinking about what the ladder is like for someone new starting out.
I think this is worth putting in the Best Of collection, largely on the grounds that at least one post every year should be talking about why your on-ramps are important otherwise people forget to maintain the on-ramps. I wouldn’t want two such posts, but one seems correct.
I like it, but I wish its main point would stick better in my mind somehow. (This was true when I read it last year, and again when I re-skimmed it now.) I, too like the ladder metaphor; I agree that it helps get people thinking about on-ramps, and that that this is valuable; I like the examples and techniques about remembering how you got there, imagining a new early-you who showed up today, etc. But: I still feel there’s a “whole” you’re gesturing at that’s not quite sticking in my head, and I wonder if a slight rewrite could get it to?
Self review.
I still like this post. I think it’s a good metaphor with a strong visual component, one that makes pretty intuitive sense. It also highlights a problem that happens at kind of the worst frequency; issues that happen all the time people get bothered enough to fix, issues that never happen may legitimately aren’t worrying about that much, but the ladder basically hits an organization once each generation. (However long a “generation” is for that org- student groups go faster than church leadership.)
Upon review, I think it pairs well with Melting Gold. The ladder isn’t just for organizations; any contribution you’re making to the world, that you have to put ongoing effort into maintaining, is worth spending at least five minutes thinking about what the ladder is like for someone new starting out.
I think this is worth putting in the Best Of collection, largely on the grounds that at least one post every year should be talking about why your on-ramps are important otherwise people forget to maintain the on-ramps. I wouldn’t want two such posts, but one seems correct.
I like it, but I wish its main point would stick better in my mind somehow. (This was true when I read it last year, and again when I re-skimmed it now.) I, too like the ladder metaphor; I agree that it helps get people thinking about on-ramps, and that that this is valuable; I like the examples and techniques about remembering how you got there, imagining a new early-you who showed up today, etc. But: I still feel there’s a “whole” you’re gesturing at that’s not quite sticking in my head, and I wonder if a slight rewrite could get it to?