I’ve lived 89 years and I’ve only seen four circuit breakers. The first one was in 1997, and the others were in 2020…

It has been a tragic year for the sport, with Cristiano Ronaldo writing in tribute to Diego Maradona: “Farewell to the eternal genius, you are gone too soon.” In the first half of 2020, kobe Bryant, who had a “4 am belief,” was taken away. In the second half, Maradona was taken away. Taking away not only the two stars, but also the youth and memories of 6 billion fans…

For the technology industry, 2020 is a year of great changes, Ren Zhengfei said on the SANCTIONS against the United States: “Huawei did not have such a strong determination and plan to grow, but the sanctions from the United States forced us to fight. … As the entity list sanctions activate the entire organization, employees increase their efforts to move forward, knowing that the alternative is death. “We can make chips sooner or later, but the US will never make Moutai”.

For ordinary people, the year 2020 is a year we will never forget. The spread of COVID-19 has made us wear masks for almost a whole year. “When was the last time the city was shut down?” wu xiaobo asked in an interview with an old man during the Anti-Japanese War. The old man recalled, “It was before liberation. “A year-long epidemic is still spreading all over the world, and the once distant term ‘state of war’ now appears almost every few days. We have already become immune to it.

For myself, 2020 is a year of decision, a very difficult year in every aspect…

Different from any other year, IT is really unexpected that the end of the year is so soon. Even at the end of the year, I still remember the epidemic situation at the beginning of the year

• Stay home, check your cell phone, call your family, how many more, don’t go out…
• Waking up in the wee hours of the morning and checking my phone, how come there are confirmed cases in my city?
• Get up in the morning brush mobile phone, ah, periphery small area has seal prohibit?
• Staying at home is the greatest contribution to society…
• Panic, anxiety, depression, watching Country Love to kill a lot of boring time…
• All regions of the country gradually reduce, until zero…
• Wuhan clear zero…
• Sporadic cases have emerged from all over the country…

Having experienced the ups and downs of the number growth, until now it has become very “numbing” to see the surge in numbers…

After all, this too will pass, the road still has to go on…

Socrates said: “life without reflection is not worth living”, after the output of 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 consecutive seven years of year-end summary, 2020 is also very necessary to reflect on the summary.

1. My 2020

1.1 Output: Original technical and cognitive blog posts: 53.

90%+ is tied to Elastic technology.

1.2 Pass the Elastic Certification and lead 36 people to pass the Elastic certification.

During the pandemic, there is no idle time.

I’ve led over 30 certified engineers out of 70 nationwide and I’m proud to say that I’ve probably (for the record) created a community that accounts for half of China Elastic’s certified engineers.

1.3 Elasticsearch on wechat, my public account Mingyi has ranked first in the world

Thank you: zhilong brother’s SEO advice and suggestions, although we have never met, but I feel your enthusiasm and intentions.

Being # 1 in Elasticsearch is a very rare thing to do in a world where there are so many elite players, and it makes me believe in the value of continuous accumulation and sharing.

Of course, I also know that the depth and breadth of knowledge can be improved greatly, which needs to be further expanded!

For the iron fans of the public account, I would like to lend a poem by Guo Degang to you: “I have no reason to go here for years, and always change the new face. Jiang Shan father can let me, do not make the world evil money.”

1.4 made a live broadcast

Is a crossover attempt, very excited and inspired a bold attempt!

Comments collected after the event:

This attempt also opened my horizon, and I realized many shortcomings of my explanation ability: speaking words, reading PPT instead of explanation, speech ability, interaction ability, etc.

I care more about the bad reviews than the 90%+ good ones. I have collected the feedback and will consider further upgrades and improvements.

1.5 Help circle friends to sign up for group purchase, saving nearly 20,000 yuan.

After an unsuccessful experience, being stuck in too much time and having a very low input-output ratio, I did some reflection.

However, the second push by King Elastic and President Sun was very successful.

Responsibility is there, always want to do something for everyone, return everyone’s trust, this small action is also a kind of feedback.

Niu Gensheng’s “money gathers and people scatter, and people scatter and money gathers” has always been in my mind and will continue throughout my career.

The wider the pattern, the wider the field of vision, the wider the circle will be, the more connections will naturally be…

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2. Examine yourself

CSDN began to write blog in 2012. By December 31, 2020, the number of visitors: 4.45 million + (an increase of 1.13 million + compared with last year), ranking: 279 (20 ahead compared with last year), and the number of followers: 14,775.

Here are the annual goals set for 2016.

Review finds: 2020 wasn’t met, so what? Just do it!

2017 National Day began to write around the public account, as of December 31, 2020, the number of users concerned: 14,053 (compared with last year: 4910 people).

The number of fans is still growing linearly, but it should be clearly seen that the growth rate has become stable and smooth.

This may be only a fraction of the data of the big V of each head, not worth mentioning, but once started, only “trials and hardships”.

It is also important to sum up and emphasize that: in today’s technology writing is less writing, more operation and more internal and external, it is precious to adhere to the original and iterative upgrading of cognition, and it will indeed be difficult to leap forward in the short term. It is estimated that the value can only be realized in 5, 10 and 20 years.

Take your time. I’m willing to wait.

3. Cognitive escalation

“The biggest difference between people is their cognition,” said Fu Sheng, CEO of Cheetah. Improving cognition does contribute to personal growth.

3.1 Seek for power, not to blame on people

In the workplace, power and responsibility are equal, especially for middle-level employees, with senior leaders above and subordinates below.

As workplace personnel, the power within the scope of their own work is to assume responsibility. Not giving power, only giving responsibility is a disguised performance of workplace PUA.

In 2020, I have indeed seen irresponsible people and things. My view is very clear: do not join in the dirty work!

In a speech, Chang, founder of TSMC, recounted his 50-plus years of learning, the core of which was that the biggest responsibility of a manager is to bring the outside world to the company. This is the sole responsibility of the operator, and no one can replace it, chang said.

Sun Tzu’s art of War emphasized: “Seek from the situation, not the responsibility of the people” — is the army in order to follow the command, or disorderly? Are the soldiers brave or afraid? Is it strong or weak? The blame is not on the soldiers, but on the situation the generals set for them.

An enterprise or leader without a sense of responsibility will only focus on immediate interests and give up long-term interests. It is an indisputable fact that there will be no good development.

3.2 You hit yours, I’ll hit mine

There will be more or less infighting in the workplace (arena name: infighting, scientific name: competition) of the scene.

Seven years ago, when I first joined the department, the new head of the department had not been decided yet due to the department adjustment, but there were only two candidates: technical manager and planning manager.

Both of them were extremely active in the department activities, because the company has a regulation: the department head pays the money for the department activities, and the expenses are reimbursed later.

So there are two people fighting to pay the money, fighting to give out red envelopes in the group (red envelopes were just emerging at that time), although the past many years, but still remember, the picture is very strong.

This kind of “fight” is good. At the end of the year, the chairman of youzu Network was poisoned by his colleagues, which is the top Plus version of “dark fight”. “One life for one life, people die, nothing is left”.

The most deadly, the most disgusting, the most annoying is: between the fight and the dark fight before the high-level struggle, the middle layer of staff or management often become a victim, from the Angle of the fight, these high-level is obviously “do not speak martial ethics”!

After watching the hit TV drama Nirvana in Fire in 2016, I learned that programmers should stay aloof from party conflicts.

This year, WHEN I once again read one of the quintessence of MAO’s thought — “You beat yours, I’ll beat mine” — I felt so precious and ecstatic! I found the truth version of the answer.

Yes, let the struggle be more fierce, not only “not involved in the party”, the important thing is: to flexibly apply MAO’s ideas to work:

“You fight your” — fight to the death, what do I have to do!

“I hit mine” — the sun arch a pawn, Tang do not contribute, in their own familiar areas of continuous output, daily improvement, why not? !

3.3 Concentrate on one technique to achieve perfection

This is the title of the summary article I wrote after I became Elastic certified.

The title comes from the idol Teacher Yu Minhong’s reply to the netizens when writing the article on the epidemic diary official account. It is very short, very inspiring and very useful. Many readers like this sentence very much.

No one is born with a single skill, and our undergraduate and graduate education is seemingly generalist. Most college graduates or graduate students (including myself 7 to 8 years ago) have mediocre professional skills, far from being special skills.

The reason: the lack of 10,000 hours of theory + deliberate practice, and the so-called “gifted” talent in “deliberate Practice” + “outliers” in the two books are clearly stated, is in the right direction under the 10,000 + hours of deliberate practice, the result of continuous accumulation.

Teacher Yu Minhong mentioned in the program “Win in China” that “to attract respect, you should study a very professional field. In that field, you are the top, at least the top 100 in China, so that you have something to say and something to do at any time. I, Yu Minhong, wanted to be one of the top 100 in Chinese Studies of English, but later I found it impossible. So I recited the words, with a year to recite an English dictionary, become the Chinese word expert, now I published a series of little Red book: from junior high school to GRE vocabulary has more than ten books, the annual sales of 1 million copies, the manuscript fee is more than my official work money. “

I think the phrase perfectly explains it: “Work hard and do it to the limit.” Of course, it is very difficult for ordinary people to break into the top 100 in a field.

Don’t worry, we can still break the game. Teacher Wan Weigang offers the solution in his book “Master Train Handcart 1: Systems, Inspiration and Skills” : “You can choose two skills and practice each of them in the top 25% of the world, and you could achieve great things.”

Again, a very simple truth, but meaningful, worth pondering.

The rise of we media:

• StormZhang: A combination of technical (early) and writing skills, he became an early full-time “we media” person with his outspoken and fluent writing style. He received awards from Ma Huateng and Zhang Xiaolong, and conservatively estimated annual revenue of tens of millions.
• Teacher Xiao Grey: it is a combination of computer technology, cartoon and writing skills. The collection of articles on the official account xiao Grey Cartoon Learning Algorithm has become a best-seller.
• Teacher Liu Xin: It is the combination of computer technology, storytelling and writing skills. The collection of articles on the public account code Nong Youdao has also become a best seller.

My reflections:

• If you don’t have a passion, try and develop one gradually.
• If you love what you do, keep digging deep.
• Take a deep dive into one skill and replicate it in another field.

Can gradually form their own barriers and advantages, there will be no effect in the short term, the longer the time, the richer the accumulation, the more powerful!

So much for “the harder you work, the luckier you get”!

3.4 Deeply cultivate writing, there is a lot to be done

Eight years + technical and management experience and observation in the technical circle tell me that close to 80%+ technical personnel do not do technical accumulation.

On the one hand: I am too busy, and the product version is one iteration after another. It is difficult to make a technical summary and share in response to the company’s project management requirements in the gap between versions. Even if I do come out, I will only write a few words and pull out the list of things I have done.

On the other hand: technical personnel are good at making things by themselves, so that they can make things, discuss problems, and “quarrel” with the test, so that it becomes extremely difficult to make a PPT to share technical experience.

The downside of this is that as time goes by, people will forget what they have done and the techniques they have used. They will even lose track of what was done by them and what was done by others. Moreover, many people even forget the name of the project.

80% + technical personnel do not accumulate, where is the opportunity? Those who accumulate are bound to have opportunities.

Douban scoring 8.4 points in the time as a friend and douban scoring 8.7 points the author of “the road to wealth, freedom, lee smile to is that I think people can speak to accumulate the most domestic (forgive me, I am: new Oriental’s fans, the teacher is now well-known big V: before new Oriental to Mr Luo, lee laughing, classical etc. I like her.

The emphasis on accumulation can never be overdone. Teacher Li Xiaolai recommended “word-for-word reading”, so I have reproduced his almost word-for-word quotes on accumulation here.

• “Anything that accumulates will compound. If there are no assets to inherit, keep accumulating knowledge.
• “Even if the efficiency is a little bit lower, it is acceptable. After all, there is accumulation as long as we do it.”
• “It’s important to keep records. A lot of people struggle because they never keep track and think they’re smart enough to remember everything. But that’s not the case. We forget a lot of things, especially important things… Do not underestimate the power of accumulation, over time, those we have used the screening principle is always used in the “unexpected” place – believe it? We’ll see.”

Knowing that there are bound to be TOP N players in any field, accumulation is the dumbest way to compound interest, but it is definitely the most efficient. This is the long-termism that Ronald Reagan emphasized in his New Year’s Eve speech.

A person’s energy is limited, so one must lose another. When we do things, my rule is, “Where is your attention? There is your achievement!” This principle is also derived from Li Xiaolai’s theory of “attention > time > money”.

Therefore, compared with previous years of restraint and closing moments, I have upgraded my cognition. I will check videos and moments, but I will not indulge in them. I can withdraw soon, because I know I have more important things to do.

From 2012 to 2020, I kept blogging for 8 years. Who knows what I went through? !

I’m not smart. Experienced few people experience: failure in the entrance examination, college entrance examination, postgraduate entrance examination failure. But, you know, I got through it.

Eleven years ago, when I failed in the postgraduate entrance examination, the only book I bought was Never Say Never by Yu Minhong. Before the Second World War, I analyzed my own advantages and disadvantages and wrote a detailed preparation strategy.

Working during the day and preparing for the war at night, I hardly missed a day’s work time. When I was tired, I listened to Yu Minhong’s speech on grass, trees and rivers to encourage myself. After tears filled my eyes and crying, I continued to brush the topic for war.

This is also the response from many readers: “Why are your articles somewhat inspirational?” Experience and experience.

Unlike human experience, the more bitter the experience, the more unforgettable it is, the reflection from the bottom of our heart will guide us forward.

Also had said before, at that time had written the content of a few thick book, still now “display” in the cabinet of old home, often think of, all excited extremely.

At the time, didn’t it feel like anything? When I put: writing, accumulation, persistence, long-term series of time, as if to find the meaning and direction of life.

There’s got to be something for posterity, right? Wealth is something outside the world. It has no meaning. Only the words are eternal spiritual wealth, the value can not be measured by money.

When I read zeng Guofan’s letter, Fu Lei’s letter, and computer scientist Wu Jun’s Attitude, I became more convinced of the significance of writing.

So, since last year, I have been writing a birthday message before my child’s birthday, and I promise to write this message for at least 18 years. On special dates, such as the eve of the resumption of work due to the new coronavirus, an article will be added to fully record the thoughts at that time through words.

Sure, it doesn’t mean much in the short term, but after 18 or even N years, it will eventually become an heirloom, a family treasure that can be passed down.

So why kill for blood? It is because: more than my severe people, more than our smart people to go, people outside someone, there is a day.

For example: I’ve had the privilege of working with hackers, and compared to hackers, what we call development is relatively trivial. The principles are the same.

What if you can’t beat it? Then learn!

What if you can’t learn? Then practice a few more times, repeatedly accumulate bai!

Do long-term things, in the general direction of the right premise of the bitter ha ha insist, and then wait for the return of time!

4, 2021 Flag

If the Flag is set every year, practice shows that the effect is not good. As Ma Said, “I can see 20 or 30 years ahead, but I can’t see tomorrow.” Because tomorrow is much more variable and uncertain.

My seven-year contract has not expired in 2016, I will continue to refuel until 2022 to examine myself.

My Flag for January 1, 2021 — December 31, 2027 is as follows:

• Blog read: 1000W+.
• Wechat public number: 10W+ fans, polished into a niche brand, connect more connections, get through more possibilities.
• Polish a set of fine tutorial, polish a book.
• Exercise and improve the ability of public speech, public broadcast or lecture: more than 30 times.

Seven years is a lifetime. When I wrote the Flag above, I felt heavy. Almost every goal is very difficult to achieve.

I know: output quality is determined by input quality, input decides output, output forces input. Therefore, I will continue to improve the quality of input, read more books, read good books!

A year’s change isn’t obvious, but seven years can be a bit of a change.

I have been writing the year-end summary for seven years, and this year is the eighth year. I have experienced the hardships of the “eight-year War of Resistance”. Every year, I dare not look at the summary of the previous year and years, and I feel silly, naive, Too young, Too Simple. Maybe this is growing up!

If there is no force majeure, I will write a lifetime, also ask readers to supervise, we grow up together.

Flag content said the more the more virtual, because the future variable is too big, so, this piece of point so far, see action – practice is the only standard to test the truth!

Summary writing whether we can fight our way out of the encircle. it is not certain yet, but the sages and the spirit of the contemporary Internet will guide me forward steadily!

• In the 19th century, Zeng Guofan was a scholar and a Confucian general. He fought his way out of the dangerous situation and succeeded in the difficult struggle. Finally for the late Qing dynasty “zte first minister”.
• In 1979, Comrade Xiaoping asked Shenzhen to “fight our way out” and pointed out that “fight our way out is to be prepared to be wounded, to be afraid of wolves before and tigers behind, but to seize aircraft and strive to attack. Without the strategic vision at that time, there would not be today’s brilliant take-off, a unique Shenzhen.
• In the Internet circle around 2015, hundreds of video websites appeared in the field of information services, which were eventually controlled by BAT, forming a three-way world pattern of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video. Only Zhang Yiming toutiao fought his way out with algorithm technology, and the same method also created: Douyin, seeking change in the gap to form a market value of 100 billion, pointing at Alibaba and Tencent.

Writing, is a long-term thing, can not be urgent…

Writing, is a lifetime thing, can’t fast…

The path of writing is long, but not crowded, because most people will “start in confusion and end in abandonment”…

Day arch a pawn, writing must be able to kill a way out, a lot to do!

Say goodbye to the fucking year 2020, goodbye and forever!

To the beautiful 2021 say come on, come on, the future can be!