Leadhassomeviewersrightinaskingabouthowtodealwith a highpressuresituation.
Ah, highstressenvironment.
Andifyouthinkaboutthat, thisis a classofproblemsthatisactuallyverycommonandcanbereducedtoanyquestionthatpeoplereadinaskingabouthowtheydealwithdifficultsituationsatwork, howtheydealwithanydifficultsituation, infact.
Andthereare a fewsimpletips I haveforyouhereasanexGoogletackliedsomebodywhohasbeenabletonavigateallofthesedifferenttypesofsituationsandproblemsdealingwithextremelyhighstresspressurizingscenarios.
And, youknow, onetime I wasdoingthisscubadivingtripanditwasinthishighpressureenvironmentandtheonlythatmentally, itwasalsodifficultbecausemytankwasscrewedonloosely.
Sometimessomebodysomemanagerupabovejustimposingsomedeadlineandjustwantstochallengepeople, createanenvironmentwherepeoplearefeelingchallenged, pushtheteam a littlebitharder.
Andthisiswhereyoucanshowwhatyou'remadeof.
Yousaidyouweregood, right?
Sothisisyourtimetoproveit.
Andmanyproblemscanbeseenasopportunitieslikethis.
Whetheryou'retaking a highpressuretest, you'reinthemiddleofanintervieworyouaretakingon a projectin a jobthatishighpressure, highstress.
Youknow, oneofthemoststressfulenvironmentsformewaswhen I wasrunningmyownstartup.
I had I quitmyjobandtheserverswereunderextremeload.
Thedatabaseserverwascrashingand I hadnoonetohelpmeouthere.
I didn't knowwhocouldhelp, andeverythingwasonmetogetthisgoingandthenyouthatif I couldgetthisprojectjustrunningsmoothly, itwouldbe a hugeopportunityformefinanciallyandintermsofcareerindustrywise.
Andthiswassomethingthat I reallywantedtoseedone.
Itwasanextremeamountofstress.
I haddifficultysleepingbecausetheserverswouldbecrashingatnight.
I wouldsometimesjustgetonthelongairplanered, andthatwas a wayformetoatleastjustshutofffromtheInternetandactuallygetsunrest.
Itwas a waytoforcemyselftodisconnectfromtheInternet, so I wouldn't becheckingtheserversallthetimebecausetheserverswerejustalwaysonfire.
Atthetime, I hadnocluewhat I wasreallydoing, andafterthatexperience, itwassuchanintenseamountofstress.
Whenever I haveanyotherstressfulexperience, someexperienceunderhighpressure, I justrememberthattimeand I think, Yeah, thisischild's play.
Thisissomethingthat I thinkthatanyofuscanreallyjusttrytogetmoreusedtolearntodealwithhighpressure, highstressscenariosrecognizedassuch, andthenobserveyourselfandtriedtofigureouthowyoucannavigatethatscenariomorecarefullyandlearnit.
I hadrecentlybeenreadingaboutthewayGooglesawforreliabilityEngineerswork, andtheirprimaryjobisactuallytogetpagedwhenserverscrash.
Theirwholejobisdealingwithhighpressurescenarios, andtheyhave a wholehandbookabouthowthedealwiththis I'llsendthelinkinthedescriptionbelowifyou'reinterested.
Thisissomethingthatcanbemadeinto a processintheway I findthatwhen I'm inthehighstressscenarioSometimesithastodomorewiththenumberofthingsthatareswirlinginmyheadisnotnecessarily a singlething.
Nowthefourthtip I havehereistojuststepbackandtake a timeout.
Therewasthistimewhen I wasabouttoboard a planetoEurope, anditwasgoingtobethisgreatadventure.
I hadallthehotel's booked.
I hadeverythingallsetup.
Theairplanewasallsetuntil I realized I didnothavemypassport.
I hadlostit, andthatwasattheairportwithallmybagspacked, andthatwasextremelyhighstressformebecause I hadalsoatthetimerentedoutmyapartment, so I hadnoplacetolive, andthefirstthing I didinthatscenariowas I justtook a timeoutandjustthinkabouttheproblem.
I knowwhat I'm doing.
I thoughtitoutcarefully, andwhat I didinsteadwasusingmydriver's license.
I wasabletobook a triptoCalifornia.
I wasinNewYorkatthetime, andthen I juststayedwithmyparentsrebook, thehotels, rebooktheflight, andthen I wasallsettogoagain.
Later, inthelotofthings, I hadtodo a lotofthings I hadtoplanout.
Itmayhelpsometimes.
Justgrab a coffeebreak, take a walkinthewoodsfor a bitandspendjust 5 10 minutestothinkabouthowyoucanaddressthescenariosthatyoumaybein, alongwiththose I mightmentionto.
Youknow, onetimewhenthat I knew I hadtodo a wholebunchofservermaintenanceallnightand I knewitwasgoingtobe a stressfuleventforme, I decided, Youknowwhat?
Youknow, when I usedtobeincollege, I knewthat a lotofmyclassmatestheywouldbepullingallnightersbeforetests.
Therewouldbestayinguponthat, workingoncomputerscienceprojects, andmeanwhile I alwaysmadesurethat I justgotmynormalsleepeverysingledayand I didthemprocrastinate, and I madesurethat I goteverythingdoneasfundingtomethatthroughoutallofmycollegeandgradschoolexperience, I neverhadtopullanallnighter, whereas I seemanyotherpeoplehavetodothatsimplybecausethey'renotpreparingenough.
Wheneveryou'reinthehighpressurescenario, take a stepback, surveyedthisscenario, recognizetheopportunitieshereandbethankfulthatthiscouldbeyourtimetoshine.