Another day, another new record: 10:45.
I had a long night, but that's another story. Lets just say that I am a good friend.
I am very happy to see the end of my first week here. My expectations for this job were way too high, and overall I was disappointed. I am trying push some changes for the better through and hopefully that will continue to be well received and not seen as me constantly complaining, which is closer to the truth.
In summary, it is a complex code base with many nuances. In the page I was working on today, there were a total of 91 files (In my opinion 10 or less is optimal) included in one webpage request. That is just something that will be difficult to get used to. I am starting to think that I wasn't burnt out, but something else, perhaps on the line of work in general or, more simply, sorting through someone else's not-too-well-thought-out ball of crap (not saying that is the case here, just saying I don't like doing that).
In fact, I had a revelation. I want to start my own ball of crap codebase. Then have someone come in and take care of it while I sit in my big office. I just checked and ballofcrap.com is available. hmm. Something to think about over the weekend.
btw...a friend brought this link to my attention which sufficiently scared me into removing any identifiable aspects and also changing the title of this blog: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/technology/4616173/detail.html
I don't think I have written anything that bad, but thanks for scaring me.
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There is some truth to the article; however, there's also truth that the help desk, in most cases, can PCAnywhere into your monitor and watch your IM's, your web usage, and just how much time you are actually "working" at work.
But logically, even though they CAN do that, do they? Not often, just occasionally. Also, Google is evil, maybe more evil than MSN, so the example in the article may not be representative of the real risks involved.
In a completely contradictory direction, perhaps it might be good if you changed the name of your blog.
What makes you think you haven't (recently) left a giant ball of crap for other developers to wade through?
Seriously though, I can't tell you have happy I am to hear about all your new work adventures.
RE: Ball of crap
I am not denying I have left some of my own in my wake.
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