I'm still alive

Post #294,139 by drewk 10/3/07 10:57:47 PM Reply	I'm still alive I've gotten a couple of emails lately asking about my whereabouts. Mostly out in the big blue room. (Do the kids still say that?) I've been saying for a couple of years I want to get out of the soul sucking dead-end that is corporate IT. I got an incentive. Nothing dramatic from outside appearances, but the proverbial $camel->back($straw++). I decided to unplug from most everything that doesn't contribute to real life, or a new career. Limiting myself to my lunch half-hour at work to do escape strategy research, and a half-hour at home to check email and whatever else I can fit in to the time that's left. When you see me posting during "normal work hours", you'll know I've found my muse. 'Til then ... === Kip Hawley is still an idiot. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #294,140 by Another Scott 10/3/07 11:07:37 PM Reply	Woot! Luck!
Post #294,141 by admin 10/4/07 12:22:49 AM Reply	Good luck with that Soul-sucking bad, muse good. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #294,147 by CRConrad 10/4/07 2:43:57 AM Reply	That's good to know. Keep it up, g'luck, 'n'all that.
Post #294,153 by Ashton 10/4/07 6:44:32 AM Reply	Consciousness Award with belladonna cluster hereby tendered. Tis said in the Upanishads that, ~~ distancing oneself from the influences of [ancient symbol for The Corporation] produces boons which flow as the cube of the distance in cubits from Ground Cipher. Hang in there. Endorphin-field candle lighted. I. (kitty Sierra observes, "well, he's into dog treats; you know my feelings about that $#!$! Dobermann - but at least that's in the right direction: beats People Treats." fwiw)
Post #294,157 by imqwerky 10/4/07 8:40:13 AM Reply	We're rooting for you but you already knew that :-) Smile, Amy
Post #294,164 by bepatient 10/4/07 9:06:06 AM Reply	Thought you might have gone swimming in the river and come out as Toxic Avenger or something :-) You are wise, Drew-san....go and find your balance. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #294,171 by boxley 10/4/07 9:55:49 AM Reply	do what works, be kewl Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #294,180 by Steven A S 10/4/07 11:04:46 AM Reply	We're with you all the way... Just as long as you don't go Unibomber on us ;) ~~~)-Steven---- Stapp's Ironical Paradox: "The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle." Col. John P. Stapp - Decelerator 'Test Pilot'
Post #294,201 by Bman 10/4/07 5:48:05 PM Reply	Good luck D "Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand" Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
Post #294,235 by gdaustin 10/4/07 11:03:04 PM Reply	IT Stopped Being Fun about 1999 for me. I don't know why. Maybe that's when I finally started "needing the money". It's also when my salary jumped up really high. Maybe it was the absurd Internet age, but I've been through about 8 years where "it wasn't fun". It was about deadlines and deliverables and what we could deliver and "good enough". It wasn't about being my very best. It wasn't about doing anything well. I just took a job as a manager about 4 months ago and I'm sort of hoping this is my path out of the codeworks. I still have the deadlines, but I'm also being trusted to "handle things". I love my team, they're great. Sometime around 1997-1999, the slack came out of the industry. The creativity and energy died (at least for me) and it just became a business. Maybe I grew up, maybe the industry did, but it went from being a career to being a job. Like Drew, I've thought about how to get out, but really, there aren't a lot of good options because we don't have a lot of savings. Probably the best bet would be some kind of sales or insurance, but you need time to build up the money. Then you're under another "deadline" of sorts, quotas, making the numbers. I'm only 43 and I'm ready to retire. At this point, I'll try the management and see how that goes.
Post #294,326 by a6l6e6x 10/6/07 5:27:34 PM Reply	Good to hear. The absence had been noted. Alex Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. -- Sophocles (496? - 406 BCE)

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