The software industry's debt to South/Central America
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LOL! I guess if one would want buggy, non-working code hallucinogens would be the way to go. Regardless, there were a number of 100+ hour work weeks living off (c)old pizza and soda in my past. You might as well hooked us up an IV for the Jolt colas we were downing to get the project finished on time.
Sufficient levels of sufficiently potent coffee can accomplish a lot. When I first went out on my own, for the first 5 years I worked 80 to 100 hours a week, without a single day off. That sounds fantastical but it's true. A 'day off' was only working 10 or 12 hours so that I could squeeze in a movie before going to bed. I was wound up like you wouldn't believe, and more than a bit snappish sometimes. For the last year'ish or so I've started using a little one cup coffee press from fresh ground beans. I'm drinking less than I used to, but it's really good when you make it that way, and pretty punchy as well.
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Sufficient levels of sufficiently potent coffee can accomplish a lot. When I first went out on my own, for the first 5 years I worked 80 to 100 hours a week, without a single day off. That sounds fantastical but it's true. A 'day off' was only working 10 or 12 hours so that I could squeeze in a movie before going to bed. I was wound up like you wouldn't believe, and more than a bit snappish sometimes. For the last year'ish or so I've started using a little one cup coffee press from fresh ground beans. I'm drinking less than I used to, but it's really good when you make it that way, and pretty punchy as well.
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I hear you. Been there, done that type of work too. It's a grind on one's mind and body! But after just under 30 years of slinging code, I'm glad I'm able to put that kind of work behind. This fella now needs his sleep.
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I hear you. Been there, done that type of work too. It's a grind on one's mind and body! But after just under 30 years of slinging code, I'm glad I'm able to put that kind of work behind. This fella now needs his sleep.
I just went over thirty years myself, last year. But I've kept up the pace all that time, which says something about my social life obviously. Not quite at THAT pace, but I've kept up roughly a 2x rate ever since. My product (an automation system called CQC) is very deep and broad, and no matter how fast I run I'll never even see the finish line, much less get there. I've started posting some articles about some of the technologies I've created as part of that project.
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