New Blog Site...

I don't believe I've announced my newest blog site to the rest of the world. I've written a few posts and wanted to let you know that it's safe to read...http://ununiqueid-irked.blogspot.com/

Little Annoyances...

Because it's so easy to complain (and my other blog sites are awfully slow), I thought that I'd create a blog where I could just rant. I'll try not to get too overworked...just a little annoyed :)

Busy, Busy, Busy...

"I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go!..." That's what I've been doing for the past couple of months. Going to work and coming home, day in and day out. It's been a little rough working 45 - 55 hours per week, especially for the 40 hour pay. But it's also been fun. I'm grateful that I enjoy my work.

Over the past couple months, I've learned some new technologies to be able to complete a project at work. These resume building, worth increasing skills include Windows Workflow Foundation and LINQ over Objects. I've really enjoyed learning and using these. And now that I'm almost finished with my project, I get to start teaching other people about them...which means I'll be that much busier. :)

I do get a sense of importance when the other people on my team (who have been there longer than me or have a higher rank than me) ask me questions about how to do things. It makes me feel like I'm worthy of a promotion. And I hope that my boss sees it as much as I do. ;)

The Law...

I think it's really frustrating when I'm driving down the road and the person in front of me slows down seemingly slower than the speed limit.  This seems to happen quite regularly.  So, I've come up with a theory...(Wait for it....) 

They must think I'm a police officer!  Here are some possible reasons:

1) I drive a white car. (Could be unmarked, right?)

2) I wear clip on sunglasses that may look like official gear

3) I wear a dark blue wind breaker (again official?)

And lastly, I sing along with my iPod, which may be construed as speaking on a CB!

Ok, maybe a little outrageous. I'll never know the real answer. I guess it's better to laugh at the possiblity and not be frustrated with the situation.  I'll just look at them with my glasses pulled down away from my eyes as I go around them.

The Difference...

A good friend pointed out that I'm a little behind on my blogging. And somehow I found my alarm clock set 1 hour ahead this morning. And I just happen to have something to say. All of these things combine to cause me to sit down and publish something. I've been quite busy lately with work. I put it a lot more time than I used to. And when I'm not at work, I'm spending QT with my family (or working on my website...www.ununiqueid.com!) So, I've not had time to do much blogging.

But speaking of work, my company (rather the one I work for) is in the process of consolidating our 3 buildings down to 2. Yesterday, our division's leader starting making new seating assignments. And my supervisor commented that it would not be fun to be in the IT department because they were told to move peoples' offices when they got to work. I started thinking about it and realized a distinction...a division between the two fields of computer careers.

In the past, I've received phone calls from friends and relatives who have some sort of computer problem. People call me because I know computers. But I wouldn't say that I know them like my friend Grant knows them. See, Grant works with the hardware...and I develop software. But for years, people have grouped programmers into their "IT" departments. I've worked for a couple of companies that did just that. And it's hard to do your job (programming) when someone's telling you to do support (hardware).

So, the revelation is that Developers build software. And IT people build (and move) infrastructure. I'm not an IT Professional. I'm an Engineer. I don't dislike IT people. It's just not a career that I'm interested in having. Grant doesn't like programming. To each, his own. Developers and IT teams have to get along. But thankfully, at my current job, I don't have to move peoples' offices. I'd much rather be programming!