Development Is Fun
- TL wrote:
I'm very much looking forward to the day (not far off) when I don't have to do this anymore.
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Sorry to hear that. It isn't great to go do something you don't enjoy, but glad it's been a good career. I think it's good to have things outside of life, part of the reason I coach kids sports. I want things outside of work I enjoy that help me deal with the rough days at work
- Rod at work wrote:
This is a mixed bag for me. I love programming. It is the most interesting thing I do in IT. But where I work, I am not allowed to do much programming anymore, which greatly irritates me. I don't know why. I've asked my boss to put me on a development project, but she doesn't. Worse, she doesn't even tell me why not. I intend to ask her about this in my next 1:1. Additionally, my CIO is trying to steer from what this agency has been developing with for more years that I have worked there, to big iron development. We're all shocked at the direction he's trying to take us. For many people the direction the CIO is driving us to, has made working there no longer enjoyable. I know many are looking for other work.
When you use AI, you're not really programming anymore. It's more of managing a team, which is something I do enjoy, but also not so much.
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I have all always , when I got to a substitute management position, did my best to get out of it as soon as possible. I enjoy the technical side of IT too much, but I love programming. I am lucky that there are still companies willing to pay me, even though I retired more than a decade ago where I mostly doprogramming.
5ilverFox
Consulting DBA / Developer
South Africa -
I've just given my notice to retire at my current employer (of the last 20 years) after a career of over 40 years as a developer of various types; started with COBOL, moved to VB6 then C# and now in the process of migrating a data warehouse from SQL Server/SSIS to Snowflake/ADF. I've enjoyed most of my career - obviously there have been a few boring patches - and met some amazing people.
But; I have shelves full of books I've not had time to read, 100s of records I rarely listen to and I want to pick up my guitar again.
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Chris, a good retitement project might be to digitize all those records. Unfortunately years ago I donated over 400 lps without doing it, but I did it with about 500 cds and have over 70,000 tracks on a little 11" laptop with some great Boze speakers for my home office. The cds are packed away in the basement.
Developement is fun, but retirement is a blast.
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?' - skeleton567 wrote:
Chris, a good retitement project might be to digitize all those records.
Ain't gonna happen 🙂
I love my records and CDs. I'm one of those people that wants the physical medium in my hands while I'm listening; the gatefold cover, the sleeve/booklet with the lyrics, the posters, stickers, etc.
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Chris, the included photo will show you why I went digital with my music collection. I really don't want to consume the space in our home office for all of these. Before digital, I did have a cd player with a rotary tray for five discs. All of these are neatly condensed and classified on a single USB drive that fits in my shirt pocket. I use a computer application to add/edit tag data which displays on the screen for documentation while the music plays. And in addition, I have a lifetime subscription to Sirius satellite radio which I can use in the car and over internet in the office. I'm also digitizing over 100 years of family photos from our combined families so we can share with other members and view them on our 53" TV on winter evenings. The second photo shows the slides and prints in storage where we never see them. I blew over $1000 on a slide scanner to digitize thousands of 35mm slide from both families. It will process 50 slides overnight to hi-res files which then can be retouched and color-corrected with Photoshop Elements. And we went totally digital with a digital camera and have over 40,000 digital pics from two trips to Hawaii, two trips across Europe, and about 15 years roaming the Rockies from our log cabin in the mountains.
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?' - Chris Wooding wrote:
I've just given my notice to retire at my current employer (of the last 20 years) after a career of over 40 years as a developer of various types; started with COBOL, moved to VB6 then C# and now in the process of migrating a data warehouse from SQL Server/SSIS to Snowflake/ADF. I've enjoyed most of my career - obviously there have been a few boring patches - and met some amazing people. But; I have shelves full of books I've not had time to read, 100s of records I rarely listen to and I want to pick up my guitar again.
Congrats, and good luck with the guitar. I was inspired a bit on my cruise, watching others play. Can't decide if I want to deal with a travel one, but I usually have some lesson YouTube open on the browser and will take breaks and play.
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Lol, I've gone digital. My hearing isn't great, and I gave away all CDs a few years ago. Have some albums, but I think we let a kid take them away. I'm mostly a streamer now, and have tried to collect less as I age.
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