Programming professionally
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A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.
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')
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What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?
Hey, you first. Run a third-world cantina.
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A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.
He should have embraced his inner Wally.
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A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.
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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I'd be a pilot
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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.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!
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What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?
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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A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.
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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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!
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[^]
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
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What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?
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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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
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[^]
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.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!
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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!
I became a real pilot in August. A few hundred more hours and I will be a legal commercial pilot. It will be fun.
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego. -
I became a real pilot in August. A few hundred more hours and I will be a legal commercial pilot. It will be fun.
Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.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!
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What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?
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A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.
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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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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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked
Whoa! Now there's a mental picture.... :)
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What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?
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Thanks guys. Your responses have been the usual mix of honesty and humor I've come to enjoy here on CP.
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What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?
Child care.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.
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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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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Walker, Texas Ranger, might have something to say about that...
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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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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Note to self: Don't take my wife very far outside of Austin next trip.
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