Andrew Hale: IT Talk & Other Topics

"Life puts the best things on the other side of fear." - Will Smith I know this might sound dumb but when I lost my job this past Spring, a YouTube video of Will Smith talking about going skydiving is what kept me going. I mean, technically it only lessened my spiral into depression but the lesson he talks about after the experience genuinely brought me to tears. I don't know why it popped up in my "suggested videos" but I heard what he said when I needed it most. In the interview, Mr Smith explains his experience of going skydiving for the first time. He describes drunkenly agreeing to go with his friends the next morning, despite being deathly afraid of heights. He describes the anxiety of laying awake that night over the thought of jumping out of an airplane, hoping others from his group would chicken out too. He describes the fear he felt when getting in the van at the airport. He details the plane ride and standing at the doorway of the open plane 14,0...

My employer and I recently parted ways and I'm more relieved than anything. I'd made mistakes accepting that job and I'd made mistakes in how I handled the culture shock of that job, so I thought I'd take a bit to explain what I took away from the situation.