You had the opportunity to do so?

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Sander Rossel

Hell yes I'd take the job. I love coding, but I also love having responsibilities and getting paid accordingly :D As a bonus I can make my underlings do whatever I want, ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR!!! MUWHAHAHA!

My blog[^]

public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

Sander Rossel wrote:

As a bonus I can make my underlings do whatever I want

I would like to live the day you discover how that's not! true... :laugh:

Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Sander Rossel

If my underlings were like me I'd be doing stuff for them... :sigh:

My blog[^]

public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

So, after all you not that Lazy?

Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

CPallini

Nope. :-D

Sander Rossel

Not really, actually :D I used to be lazy until I started working. Before that I went to school, which really sucked up all of my energy, creativity, will to learn, lifeforce, everything actually. It still does that, that's why I hate studying, but I still do it from time to time... :sigh: I also really don't like manual labour. Chores, garden, that sort of stuff.

My blog[^]

public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}

OriginalGriff

Sander Rossel wrote:

Chores, garden, that sort of stuff.

I'm with you there: I hate mowing the damn lawn - you end up with a huge pile of cr@p to get rid of, and it just grow back anyway!:mad: But I don't mind manual labour sometimes: fixing motorcycles (even cars sometimes), reupholstering my chair, making a fence. There is a sense of "completion" that you don't get often enough from coding.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

"Lucky me" - told Carlo. "Would you like it?" - Me asked.

Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

CPallini

Well, the opportunity to say a big no, is tempting...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

Concrete? You can color it too...

Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Sander Rossel

OriginalGriff wrote:

I hate mowing the damn lawn - you end up with a huge pile of cr@p to get rid of

Now that's when I get lazy... Just leave it lying there. It'll be gone in a week :)

OriginalGriff wrote:

fixing motorcycles (even cars sometimes), reupholstering my chair, making a fence

The only thing I complete is chaos. I'm really bad at that sort of stuff... Had to paint a wall. So I sandpapered it (with a name like Sander you'd say no problem!) and it did actually look pretty good. Then I had to clean my whole living room because it was covered in dust. So then I started painting and by the time I was finished I noticed it didn't look as good anymore. So the next week I sandpapered, cleaned and painted again. Didn't look good again, so then I just sandpapered it some more. It looks "okay" now, but screw that $#%@#^$*@) wall. It's only in my kitchen so I'll only have to look at it everytime I'm at home and in the kitchen, which is multiple times a day. I kind of saw this coming too, so I hired someone to do the rest of the house for me :D

My blog[^]

public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}

OriginalGriff

I suggested green concrete many years ago. She did start speaking to me again, after a few weeks... :sigh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

So suggest it again! It will not take away the problem of the garden, but at least she will left you alone... :-D

Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

Sander Rossel wrote:

Had to paint a wall.

It is much more easier to paint a white wall programmatically - Blank[^]

Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

OriginalGriff

"Speaking" is not the only thing she doesn't do... :rolleyes:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Daniel Pfeffer

I have been a team leader and a system architect in my time. Given the choice between being a mediocre team leader / system architect and being an outstanding software engineer, I will always choose excellence over status.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

wheelman570z

I've accepted the step up into middle management a couple of times in different companies and regretted it every time. The last time was a few years ago at my current employer, now I'm at the point of beginning to look for work again. I think I've finally learned my lesson, I'm a software engineer, not a manager. Give the choice now I'd not hesitate to turn it down.

Daniel Pfeffer

:thumbsup:

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

Frank Malcolm

OriginalGriff wrote:

I hate mowing the damn lawn - you end up with a huge pile of cr@p to get rid of, and it just grow back anyway!

Just like programming.