Coding and chess are similar - they're both require deep thinking, patience, and creativity

Key Takeaways

Chess is mostly about thinking just like coding. Having the experience of writing code for 3 years doesn't make you a good developer. And that's the same thing with chess. I've been playing chess since 2011. But I'm not a grandmaster. It takes intentional effort in improving your skills to actually be good at these things. So patience, creativity, pattern recognition, and one more thing is time management. Time management is something that is very big in chess. So when you're playing against an opponent, you have your own clock. So within that time frame, you have to come up with the best strategy. And similarly to software development, when you deliver products, when you build projects, it has to be timed. Time management sort of like projects or product management. It's all about timing, syncing, planning, and execution.