Programming professionally

_Damian S_

It depends why... if you are still fit and active, perhaps joining the police or fire brigade might be up your alley... If you are now disabled/unable to work, perhaps volunteering at the local hospital...

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wolfbinary

A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

I'd be a pilot

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Lost User

There was a contractor at a well known bank in the UK (many years ago) where the pressure was on - late nights being worked, stress stress stress. There were no signs prior to him being found, at midnight, on the top of the (20 stories or so) building, naked, howling at the moon. He took some time off.

Life is like a pubic hair on the toilet seat... ...sometimes, you just get pissed off. .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

PIEBALDconsult

Hey, you first. Run a third-world cantina.

PIEBALDconsult

He should have embraced his inner Wally.

_Damian S_

wolfbinary wrote:

I'm wondering what the signs are

When you dread getting out of bed in the morning because it's a work day... When you feel the need to cry yourself to sleep at night, or self medicate with alcohol... When you dread Sunday evenings because Monday is the start of the working week... When you sigh instead of get excited by having to work late, again...

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Henry Minute

What sort of Pilot? Palm Pilot, Pontius Pilot, Pilot Whale, Pilot Hole. Sorry getting silly now. BTW did you ever find a source for the gloves you were looking for?

Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

Gary R Wheeler

My first choice would be to become a teacher. The few times I've filled that role, I've really enjoyed it. My second option would be technical writer. I'm reasonably good at it, and like it enough that I could do it for a living. It's a little difficult to imagine circumstances that would render my programming skills unemployable and yet would leave the rest of my faculties intact.

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Steve Mayfield

when the only things you do are: wake up, eat, program, eat, program, eat, go to sleep...dream about programming...repeat...

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Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

Yes, I do now own a pair of gloves. Yet I am only here for two more weeks ... and then maybe six in January. This kind of pilot: http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/APilotsLifeDetail.asp?APLID=124[^]

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realJSOP

I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Henry Minute

Oooooooh! me too. Although the only experience I have is with that there Flight Stimulator, as my dear departed mum used to call it.

Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

I became a real pilot in August. A few hundred more hours and I will be a legal commercial pilot. It will be fun.

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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
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Henry Minute

Jolly well done Fraid it's too late for me. Eyes shot, Knees crumbling, mind going. Now where was I? Why am I standing in the kitchen with the fridge door open and the cat in my hands?

Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

Chris Maunder

Training hamsters

cheers, Chris Maunder

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pseudonym67

When u look at the screen and all you see are chicken tracks it's probably time to take a break

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Tom Delany

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked

Whoa! Now there's a mental picture.... :)

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leckey 0

...no, I would probably apply to vet or medical school

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wolfbinary

Thanks guys. Your responses have been the usual mix of honesty and humor I've come to enjoy here on CP.