Musings
General thoughts from the mind of MightyZot...
My wonderful wife Annie surprised me with a cruise to Cozumel for my fortieth birthday. I love to travel. Every trip is ripe with adventure, crazy things to see and experience. For example, on the way to Mobile Alabama to catch our boat, some dude hauling a mobile home lost a window and we drove through a cloud of busting glass going 80 miles per hour! The night before the cruise, we stayed in the Malaga Inn and I crawled UNDER the hotel to look at an old civil war bunker. WOAH! Then, on the way...
Today’s article is going to be controversial. As well, I wasn’t able to find sources to substantiate the content of the article, so it is largely supposition based upon my personal experience. What’s worse is that it’ll likely be pretty short and not my typical diatribe of pros and poetry. I’m going to talk about getting paid less than what you’re worth and why that is actually a good thing. During the past twenty years I have worked for several software companies with countless technical types....
I’ve been tracking my time in one form or another for just under twenty years. Until recently, I must confess that my motivation for tracking my time has been largely accountability. Although I have never had issues remaining productive, I don’t have good memory for certain things. I remember numbers, equations, programming languages, solutions, etc, very well…I just can’t remember what I did yesterday! Even though I’ve never had someone ask me what I’ve been working on, or question my priorities,...
Manual Labor I find occasional manual labor projects oddly satisfying. I’ve spent the majority of my career sitting behind a desk programming, or otherwise working on a computer. Putting a little bit of muscle behind a task gives my mind a chance to wander. Working on something manually taxing allows me to think of things out of order and without context. It gives me time to think about relationships. The Art of Wandering Relationships allow me to go from one topic to another without worrying that...