Try roller skating: http://r-marathon2007.by.ru/misc/FSK-TNT7/Jumps/

I had the same problems in the past. But now my wife usually tells me three times per day "Keep your contented face away from me, it is too much for me observing such a satisfied human being every day." You should regenerate your interest to the rest of your life :-) My schedule after my job is Monday, Wedbnesday - swimming pool (1 hour), Tuesday, Thursday - the lessons of english with eight sexy girls in my group (and unfortunately one more man, 2.5 hours), Friday - biking, sometimes gym (1 hour) Weekend - only for my family One-week vacation every quarter. Rule 1 - Do not break the timetable for more than 1 week! Rule 2 - Follow the timetable even forcing yourself during the first 3-4 months. PS. I suggest giving up smoking and dringking too much coffee, if you do so. I did stop, and my productivity increased for several times after initial period being at the bottom. Good luck! :-)

And what it gives to us, mere mortal earth dwellers? Dark matter really matters? :-) Alebas

Hi , James. Thank you for your answer. You have said the same what I was thinking about. There is a little misunderstanding. I mean that C++ guys helped me to find a solution of a problem, but they did not of course just re-write some piece of program using C++ to make the program working faster. They simply were able to point out very precisely where the problem was. I was very exited by that ability of clear understanding. When you do C#, many things are pre-implemented for you in NET framework. This greatly enhances your productivity as C# developer, and by common working standards you are really good, and you can say “I’m strong in C#, if you have strong attitude :-). But the problem is that if You start learning programming using dotNET, particularly if you do not have special education but mostly self-taught, sometimes you perceive some functionality as obvious environment. You just use .NET features which seem evident and simple up front (outside), but they can have complex pre-implemented internal structure, which is hidden from your mind. Having practical C++, C, assembler experience is necessary, I think, even if you may use it in 1% of your dotNET projects. Theoretical knowledge of general ideas (overal picture) is good but not enough. Alex

Hello, everyone. You may consider this question odd, but it is what I'm thinking of, should I learn C++ after C#? I'm self-taught C# developer. During the last two years I made lots of work learning and using C#. Mainly, I played a role of ordinary team player or worked alone. Sometimes I had performance issues and somebody of C++ guys helped me to workaround. (Envy was my feeling at the moments) Now, my experience with C# is broad and strong. I try to get a job of senior developer, but unfortunately very often the requirements are C++\C#, and If you do not have native C++(not CLI) skills, you are out of the board. I think they want native C++ just in case, even if projects really go under dot net. Is it worth to learn C++ after C# ? If You have the same, could you share your experience? Does it mean evolution of prof. skills or whim? I've started C++, and after C# it seems to me very tough, especially class templates and pointers (together ). I suffer from low productivity as compared with C#. Thank You. Alex

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I started 1.5 years ago from C# and dotNET. After 0.5 I began learning JScript and VBscript. After 1.0 I started doing C++. I am 27 now. I am professional web developer. I study PHP and C, and keep an eye on ruby. [:-) Alex