Sigh...it's been tough lately.
I've really lost the passion for coding.
When before 18-hour, adrenaline-fueled, total-focus coding sessions were the norm, now I struggle to get through one simple program.
What is it? Am I tired? Burnt-out? Have I lost the passion?
Usually your passion is the stuff you'll do even if nobody paid you to do it.
Which is/was true of coding. Many a weekend and late nights were devoted to learning new programming languages and libraries, improving my code-fu and hacking programs just for the heck of it. I read beautiful code, rejoicing in their elegance.
Now, I'm getting paid to do what I should love to do. So, why is it I dread firing up my IDE? Have I got old and rusty? Has my time lost in IBM processes taken away my zeal? Money doesn't seem to motivate me. What then will?
I don't know. For now, I'll code because I have to, not because I want to. It's a sad, difficult time to be. The passion is lost.
The monkey is depressed.
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Saturday, January 5, 2008
The Top 9 Warning Signs of Peanut Butter Addiction
Somebody, help me - I got all 9 signs!
9> Denial: “I’n nod addicded due deanud dudduh!”
8> Able to empty a brand new jar in under 0.5 seconds; 1.2 if you use a knife.
7> Every night it’s the same thing; empty peanut butter jars lie scattered around your bloated, satisfied, unconscious self.
6> You haul off and punch the guy who just got chocolate in your peanut butter.
5> Elephants keep escaping from the zoo to lick you.
4> Peanut butter toast for breakfast: Good. Peanut butter on celery for lunch: Fine. Peanut butter on ham for dinner: People are starting to talk.
3> Your parents are constantly having to pry you off the roof.
2> Your blood type is listed as “chunky.”
and the Number 1 Warning Sign of Peanut Butter Addiction…
1> You suffer deep depression when your school’s production of “Peter Pan” turns out to be just about a bunch of kids living on some island.
(dedicated to the good times sitting next to KY Tan in IBM who was appalled with the disgusting amount of peanut butter I consumed!)
9> Denial: “I’n nod addicded due deanud dudduh!”
8> Able to empty a brand new jar in under 0.5 seconds; 1.2 if you use a knife.
7> Every night it’s the same thing; empty peanut butter jars lie scattered around your bloated, satisfied, unconscious self.
6> You haul off and punch the guy who just got chocolate in your peanut butter.
5> Elephants keep escaping from the zoo to lick you.
4> Peanut butter toast for breakfast: Good. Peanut butter on celery for lunch: Fine. Peanut butter on ham for dinner: People are starting to talk.
3> Your parents are constantly having to pry you off the roof.
2> Your blood type is listed as “chunky.”
and the Number 1 Warning Sign of Peanut Butter Addiction…
1> You suffer deep depression when your school’s production of “Peter Pan” turns out to be just about a bunch of kids living on some island.
(dedicated to the good times sitting next to KY Tan in IBM who was appalled with the disgusting amount of peanut butter I consumed!)
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