Now, having pointed out the signs, I can give you my awesomeness advice.
- Read at least one to two books every year and follow at least one technology blog/aggregator.
- Start a new open source project that you think will be awesome, or join another project that you think is going to be awesome.
- Ask yourself, what is beauty? Is it fast code? Is it brevity? Is it clarity? Once you know thyself, then you can start to measure and hone your craft.
- When you find yourself faced with a change, think about it. Do you have more to gain or lose? How can you experiment with the change? How can you measure the effects? How can you isolate the change? How can you bound your fear? How can you reap the reward?
