Tim’s Ramblings

Well…it’s 2:10am and I just got home. I’m exhausted but can’t really sleep yet…but I have to since I need to be in the office by 7:30am again.

In these 3 days I’ve worked 36 hours already….at the office that is. I’m not counting the hours I worked at home… I have to admit…this is wearing me out. Back when I was younger I was able to pull this type of schedule for weeks at a time non stop. Getting harder and harder now.

The thing is, at midnight tonight I realized that I was one of only 3 people left in the offce. There was me going on 10 years in June, another guy going on 10 years in September and another going on 11 in May. The CTO left around 11:40 or so and he is employee #2… What??? Where are the younger guys who are full of energy and drive?? I tell you…these guys are getting the soft treatment. The department is bigger and it’s just not what it used to be. Granted we sent one guy who’s on year two to Japan for a week and a half of intense 15 hour days but he’s young!!! He can handle it! But he was losing it too. I was jokingly saying that he should suck it up…. Ah well.

Do I really think so? Partially yes. It’s part of the this life. You put in your time. It’s the best way to grow as a programmer. Sure, some of us will never see a customer. Will work quietly in the corner and have no real social skills. But to really get good, you gotta put in your time. I feel like I’m sounding like those guys who say they haze because they got it when they were freshmen too…. But really…in the end, that’s the only way to truly grow in this career. To be more than just a code monkey.

But oh well…I guess as the company gets bigger, things change.

But in the end…I still think we’re too soft on these guys and I have to admit…I am quite tired.

Looks like another 4 hours (maybe) of sleep for me.

Wooo.

I think this is the first time in probably 4 years or so where work is impeding on my life to the point where I think tomorrow at lunch I’m going to sneak out to buy underwear and socks…no time for laundry (-_-)….

No point to this really other than to say that I/we gotta get these younger guys to pick up the slack…us older guys just can’t do this for weeks on end anymore….

Now…time to hit the sack….

Edit: I did not get to sleep until 4:30am due to phone calls. Forgot to set the alarm and by pure luck got up at 7:45 just in time for my 8am conf. call. Feel bad for the person I was supposed to meet in the office… Now to take a shower and head off to work….