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Getting a chance to blog after a long time.
I've had a really stressful and hard last 2-3 weeks at work. I've tried hard not to let that impact my personal life but succeeded only partially.
Some times when you work hard you tend to party a bit harder. I've been hungover more times in the than I would have liked to be and that's had a bad effect on the little time I have had off. Would really love to take a vacation at this time but I think I've got a few more things to finish off before that.
Over the last 6 months here I've developed a new set of work ethics which mostly relate to responsibility, ownership and a bunch of stuff that you would end up reading in one of those self-improvement books. However, all that has taken a lot of passion out of my work.
Situation -- A team/manager expects an engineer to do things in ways he/she doesn't necessarily agree with they end up in a deadlocked situation with neither of able to convince the other. It's a healthy thing. The problem is that unfortunately one person reports to the other.
Here's where my new ethos come in. Helped me out a bit, at another time I might have been fired for incompetence.
But I've started wondering what I'm doing programming for a living. I mean it's nice having all those qualities but really would like to be spending my time doing stuff I enjoy.
I find Hans Reiser's passion inspiring. Check out this interview. I would love to be that way. Time to abandon the paycheck? Sounds like the most exciting in months.
What is an engineer supposed to do?
I've had a really stressful and hard last 2-3 weeks at work. I've tried hard not to let that impact my personal life but succeeded only partially.
Some times when you work hard you tend to party a bit harder. I've been hungover more times in the than I would have liked to be and that's had a bad effect on the little time I have had off. Would really love to take a vacation at this time but I think I've got a few more things to finish off before that.
Over the last 6 months here I've developed a new set of work ethics which mostly relate to responsibility, ownership and a bunch of stuff that you would end up reading in one of those self-improvement books. However, all that has taken a lot of passion out of my work.
Situation -- A team/manager expects an engineer to do things in ways he/she doesn't necessarily agree with they end up in a deadlocked situation with neither of able to convince the other. It's a healthy thing. The problem is that unfortunately one person reports to the other.
Here's where my new ethos come in. Helped me out a bit, at another time I might have been fired for incompetence.
But I've started wondering what I'm doing programming for a living. I mean it's nice having all those qualities but really would like to be spending my time doing stuff I enjoy.
I find Hans Reiser's passion inspiring. Check out this interview. I would love to be that way. Time to abandon the paycheck? Sounds like the most exciting in months.
What is an engineer supposed to do?