Blog — Aspiration and Advisory

General Knowledge vs. Specialized Knowledge

There are a lot of cases when a person may need general or specialized knowledge. However, in many cases, this person can not even identify which one is required. Let us check when each type of knowledge is useful and why a person may need it.

Business, TechnicalYevhen ShyshkinDecember 30, 2020knowledge, general, specialization, model, domain, business, process, documentation, balance, flexibility, best practiceComment

Learn, Understand, and Use

There is a common situation when a person has participated in training or finished a course, but he can’t solve any related problem afterward. Why does it happen? Let us check how people learn, understand, and use their knowledge in real life.

BusinessYevhen ShyshkinNovember 25, 2020learning, understanding, usage, knowledge, chain, successComment

Know Your Customer

Every business or software project represents a long process of communication between a customer and an implementer. No one will deny that the implementer has a significant impact on the final result of the projects. However, it is the customer who dictates the requirements, and it is up to the customer to say “yes“ or “no“ in the end. So, it is crucial to know your customer, understand him, and organize work accurately to achieve the best results.

On Self-Education

Nowadays, self-education became normal in many areas, including business and IT. More and more people are learning something new by themselves and applying this knowledge in real life. Let us discuss some controversial topics in this area.

Business, CommunicationYevhen ShyshkinApril 15, 2020self-education, education, business, mental, pleasure, pros, cons, worth it, motivation, time, knowledge, resultComment

Motivation In Learning

Every person who ever conducted any training knows that some students are more interested in the topic than the others. It happens not because of an imperfect training program or lack of teacher’s charisma. No, the most significant difference is in the motivation of students. So, how to motivate them to achieve the best results?

CommunicationYevhen ShyshkinNovember 6, 2019motivation, learning, teaching, student, teacher, goal, knowledge, reason, action, result, experience, soft skills, communicationComment

Do Developers Need to Know UML?

Software engineering is an area that uses specifications a lot. They may come in different forms, but one of the most common ones is UML diagrams. However, do developers need to know it, or this is just a useless piece of knowledge?

TechnicalYevhen ShyshkinOctober 16, 2019developer, UML, structure, behaviour, languague, diagram, use case, experience, knowledgeComment

Mentoring in IT Companies

When a person comes to a new job, he/she needs some time to adapt to the new responsibilities, company structure, and overall workflow. Mentoring is one of the best practices that make this process quicker and easier. This article shows how mentoring helps newcomers to start working at the new place.

On Learning and Aging

Everybody knows that the older the person, the harder it is to learn something new, and it is usually taking longer and longer to do it. However, even though this statement is theoretically true, there are a couple of curious observations indicating that it is not as simple as that. Let us have a look at some facts and see the connection between a learning process and aging.