I’ve been very busy this month, and yes sadly too busy to post, sorry. Work is taking more and more of my time. Seems the title ‘Engineer’ means I work harder. Actually that is not true. I’m actually working just as hard as before, when I was just a lowly Developer.
What’s this about being an Engineer? Yeah, boss called back in June. Seems I’ve been promoted to the class of Engineer. It’s the next tier of the ladder. Not that I’m ambitious and really want to climb the ladder. I’ve had my turn when I was younger climbing the ladder, stepping on people as you go up. You really have no choice and whether you want to believe it or not you step on folks. Not directly, but when you climb there are always other left behind. People you were friends with at one time and even some who you went out after work with. But as you move up and become their supervisor the relationship changes. You are no longer on the inside. Instead you are on the outside wondering what changed. Really I just want to write code and write code well!
Also I started playing with a new FireFox plugin, StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/). This is totally addicting. You install the plugin, create an account, select your categories and just keep hitting the Stumble button. You get random pages. It’s totally taken over my surfing experience. I of course checked all category boxes. From Religion to Art to Games. All I can say is “What took me so long to discover this”. It’s my own fault I’m sure. I don’t spent as much time surfing for FF extensions as I used to. Not enough time on my hands.