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[2022-03-26 02:22:06 PM] : goshacmd maybe shifting perspective could help. I'm myself not very excited about the software developer audience in particular. But a specific problem of a subset of this audience is much more interesting to me. For me it's aspiring devs (esp self-taught) who struggle finding a job. They are often desperate, feel alone and in the dark. This is a pain that I can identify with and it brings me joy helping people in this situation. At least enough to get me motivated.
I think Stéfanni Brasil and Thiago Araujo also serve a developer audience in a more non-technical way with advancing in their careers.
What I'm saying is every audience has lots of different pains in different directions. You could think of beginner devs, advanced beginners (like I am), devs transitioning to management, team leads, ... Depends on your experience as well oc :slightly_smiling_face:
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[2022-03-28 01:13:04 PM] : Chiming in to say that this is great advice. We often hear from students who struggle with getting "excited" about an audience.
Two issues are almost always present and account for this sticking point:
1 - excitement comes from positive feedback loops, which means you generally won't feel excitement about something until you experience it (and worse, the excitement that comes BEFORE doing something tends to be very superficial and fleeting)
2 - instead of thinking about your audience as the thing to be/get excited by, think about helping people as the thing to get excited by. that also generates the positive feedback loop, rather than the anticipatory one.
change the behavior to change the feeling, rather than waiting for the feeling to change before you can change the behavior.
[2022-03-28 01:17:55 PM] : also, welcome back goshacmd :smile: