Have I been working too hard?
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fear of being unemployed got me through those type of projects; when you live in a rural area with not much hope of finding another development job, with a one income family, you do what you need to do to get it done. one of the worst jobs were being flown out of town (Washington state) to a remote Alaska town to create some software to work around hardware (control IO) issues, and power issues (town ran on big generators) that a fish processing plant was having. I had a bucket to sit on a cardboard box for a table, a 60w bulb above me to light the 40°F room. me and my laptop worked generally 12 to 14 hours a day+ running around all over the plant to verify tests/equipment. this lasted about 2 weeks straight with no time off. The entire time people at the plant were trying to work as the plant was starting up for the season and boats of fish were coming in. I'm glad I don't have that job any more.
I have never had it quite that bad. But I can feel your pain on the worry front. Hope you are doing better now. Washington and Alaska are both way to cold for me.
dude!
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My wife of 45 years, worked alongside me at her own job as a marketing assistant and then as a legal assistant. Both of her jobs entailed overtime so she understood what I had to go through.
Steve Naidamast Sr. Software Engineer Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
My wife is a Nurse and routinely works 10-12 hours a shift. When she is off she wants us to spend more time together, so she can tell me all of the things I should and should not be doing. :(( Having said that I know I could not live without her.
Marriage, like Technology, Is wonderful, when it works.
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72 is such a sweet, flexible, number: divisible by so many factors. It's at this tender age, and beyond, we can understand what Marcus Aurelius said:
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Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up: The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion. "Meditations"
And ... laugh, rather than reach for Prozac :wtf: cheers, Bill (age 77)
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
It's great to know someone in the Lounge is older than I am.:cool: Are you still working?
Time is na allusion, just a way of measuring change.
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Yes, I've been there. About a year before the big dot com bubble tanked I was working 7 days a week, 10-12 hour days to get our first demo done for the VC's. To relieve the stress, I went to the gym every night after work. It really help to take my mind off of work and it helped me sleep better. Unfortunately, a couple weeks after our successful demo, the bubble tanked and all the VC money evaporated.
After my open heart surgery (Anuerysm repair, not a heart attack) several years ago, I spent a couple of years in a Cardiac rehab group, walking in a gym, I got up to 2 miles a session. You and the others here that recommended exersize are right. I need to get back to walking to reduce my stress, and improve my health. :sigh: :sigh:
Sweat can be good, as long as it is not a product of grubbing in the dirt.
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After my open heart surgery (Anuerysm repair, not a heart attack) several years ago, I spent a couple of years in a Cardiac rehab group, walking in a gym, I got up to 2 miles a session. You and the others here that recommended exersize are right. I need to get back to walking to reduce my stress, and improve my health. :sigh: :sigh:
Sweat can be good, as long as it is not a product of grubbing in the dirt.
Walking is a great exercise. As a 68 year old, I pretty much exercise 6 days a week. On Monday, Wednesday and Fridays I do weight training (free weights and bands). Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are cardio cardio days (elliptical trainer, spinner bike and stair climbing). All this helps me stay healthy.
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A little of both I guess. Also not many folks would be willing to hire a 72 year old programmer, so that worries me too.
It's hell getting old. It beats the alternative only marginally.
I know this "fascinating problem"-problem all-too-well. When it comes to deadlines, pretty much everyone in my company is in for "do it right, not fast". But in home office, pulling oneself out of something I actually like doing at 17:15 when the task itself (so excluding the at times bullshitty formalities surrounding stuff) feels like hobby, that's a psychological challenge.
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I have never had it quite that bad. But I can feel your pain on the worry front. Hope you are doing better now. Washington and Alaska are both way to cold for me.
dude!
I liked the weather much better up in Alaska, after about 75/80 degrees, I become pretty worthless, my ideal working temperature is about 60, and right now Washington state is 110 in my area. My new job requires zero travel, and that is wonderful and can work from home or my small office. demands vary, but this has to be the best job I've ever had.
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I liked the weather much better up in Alaska, after about 75/80 degrees, I become pretty worthless, my ideal working temperature is about 60, and right now Washington state is 110 in my area. My new job requires zero travel, and that is wonderful and can work from home or my small office. demands vary, but this has to be the best job I've ever had.
Living on the Gulf Coast nearly all my life, heat and humidity are what I am use to. Also, isn't Washington State subject to Earthquakes and Volcano's? You can run away from a Volcano, or a hurricane, but not earthquakes. Glad you're happy at home, though :) .
Yes I am.
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I have been working 9 to 10 hours a day on the same project, trying to finish it. I'm starting to get burned out, but can't quit until it's done. Have you ever been in this situation? what did you do about it? :confused::confused:
"Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall" - the Beatles "Everybody knows this is Nowhere" - Neil Young
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Living on the Gulf Coast nearly all my life, heat and humidity are what I am use to. Also, isn't Washington State subject to Earthquakes and Volcano's? You can run away from a Volcano, or a hurricane, but not earthquakes. Glad you're happy at home, though :) .
Yes I am.
There are a couple dormant volcanos, Mt. St. Helens burps once a decade or so, and the west cost side of the state gets earthquakes being part of the Pacific's ring of fire. but then we have a huge set of mountains separating the east side of the state, we sometimes feel a little aftershock on this side of the state when one happens on the cost, but very few, I can only remember 3 in my 45 years of life. I would hate to live in Seattle if a big earthquake hit, that place is so tightly packed, it would be near impossible to get out somewhere safe. The down side for this side of the state, is that it's very dry. here's a map of the area, Google Maps[^] the green is mostly farmland, we live in the rain shadow of the cascades. But a tornado will never touch this area, but it does get hot here during the summer. I hope to have air conditioning by next year, the swamp cooler just doesn't work that well in this kind of heat.
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There are a couple dormant volcanos, Mt. St. Helens burps once a decade or so, and the west cost side of the state gets earthquakes being part of the Pacific's ring of fire. but then we have a huge set of mountains separating the east side of the state, we sometimes feel a little aftershock on this side of the state when one happens on the cost, but very few, I can only remember 3 in my 45 years of life. I would hate to live in Seattle if a big earthquake hit, that place is so tightly packed, it would be near impossible to get out somewhere safe. The down side for this side of the state, is that it's very dry. here's a map of the area, Google Maps[^] the green is mostly farmland, we live in the rain shadow of the cascades. But a tornado will never touch this area, but it does get hot here during the summer. I hope to have air conditioning by next year, the swamp cooler just doesn't work that well in this kind of heat.
It seems Global Warming is real. I don't want to say what my electric bill is in the Summer. And my wife and I fight over the thermostat constantly. But it is better than sweltering in the heat.
Good luck.