You had the opportunity to do so?
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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...
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.
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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...
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
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
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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.
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...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt -
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...
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.
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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
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
} -
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.
"Speaking" is not the only thing she doesn't do... :rolleyes:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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
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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
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.
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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.
: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
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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...
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.
