On Facebook and Being Left Behind by the World
Facebook's awesome, no questions asked. It's kept me sane for quite some time, like a virtual stress ball that I can squeeze anytime. It keeps me company in horrible traffic and in boring meetings at work, haha.
Although there are a few times when I hate how it makes me think because of the things I read from the feed. Recently I saw a post about DLSU Debsoc bagging the bid for Worlds in 2011 which cued a surge of jurrasic debate memories from high school. Then I realized that it's been years since I last debated and the debating style that I know is probably ancient. Too ancient that if I squared off with a high school debater right now, I'll terribly eat dust.
Then I saw another post linking to a geeky personal blog which talked about computer programming styles and techniques. Being the dork that I am, I actually enjoyed reading through it. What bothered me though is that I didn't understand much of it anymore, like everything was too foreign. Sure, I have an IT related job but technical skills aren't really part of it. It's more of project management skills rather than IT-centric skills. I get to read through ABAP codes and SQL statements but that's it. The last time I programmed was in 2007 when a college freshman asked for help in a C project, and the last time I made a website was a few months ago but it turned out to be very lame, haha.
Which all comes down to the thought that I feel like I'm being left behind by the world. For me it seems like the world is outgrowing me and not the other way around. Not that I'm complaining but the feeling's kinda weird that I feel like I'm not really learning anything new, like a machine just waiting for obsolescence. Does this mean I'm in the wrong job? Or does it mean I want to go back to school? I dunno.
Woooo quarter life crisis? Whatever. Back to Facebook instead!
Although there are a few times when I hate how it makes me think because of the things I read from the feed. Recently I saw a post about DLSU Debsoc bagging the bid for Worlds in 2011 which cued a surge of jurrasic debate memories from high school. Then I realized that it's been years since I last debated and the debating style that I know is probably ancient. Too ancient that if I squared off with a high school debater right now, I'll terribly eat dust.
Then I saw another post linking to a geeky personal blog which talked about computer programming styles and techniques. Being the dork that I am, I actually enjoyed reading through it. What bothered me though is that I didn't understand much of it anymore, like everything was too foreign. Sure, I have an IT related job but technical skills aren't really part of it. It's more of project management skills rather than IT-centric skills. I get to read through ABAP codes and SQL statements but that's it. The last time I programmed was in 2007 when a college freshman asked for help in a C project, and the last time I made a website was a few months ago but it turned out to be very lame, haha.
Which all comes down to the thought that I feel like I'm being left behind by the world. For me it seems like the world is outgrowing me and not the other way around. Not that I'm complaining but the feeling's kinda weird that I feel like I'm not really learning anything new, like a machine just waiting for obsolescence. Does this mean I'm in the wrong job? Or does it mean I want to go back to school? I dunno.
Woooo quarter life crisis? Whatever. Back to Facebook instead!