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you said yourself "too little time for anything". In real time these days finding time for our loved ones itself is a big project. Gone are the times when we could comfortably work on one thing at a time. If you want "time for anything" you must learn to handle multiple things at the same time.
Charles Darwin Theory Of Evolution is applicable to humans also.
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Phanindra261 wrote: Gone are the times when we could comfortably work on one thing at a time.
try smarter, perhaps you are not successful enough (or is it the ego? sorry for guys who work for you)
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You are correct! I will use the word "smarter"....
you said yourself "too little time for anything". In real time these days finding time for our loved ones itself is a big project. Gone are the times when we could comfortably work on one thing at a time. If you want "time for anything" you must be smarter and learn to handle multiple things at the same time.
Charles Darwin Theory Of Evolution is applicable to humans also.
Oh and I forgot ... there is an enjoying the job part. If you are not able to do multiple projects at the same time most probably you are not enjoying your job....?
modified 15-Nov-12 1:35am.
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yes you love your job right? i suppose this is why "gone are the days people can live and work comfortably"
it's all just ego isn't it? get a grip kid, Be Profitable, Get Paid.
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10 yrs down the line I will be.....
And yes I do love my job,....because I don't do something I don't like...and I do like doing a lot of it.
But thank you for your thoughts....I can't discuss about ego because it'd be like moving out of topic.
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To be successful, you need to be paid, and paid well. Especially here in Asia. You should aim to either establish your own firm (assume you actually have an innovative product), or work for a hedge fund (They pay you)[^]
If you just work for whoever, you'd end up wasting all your time/energy/youth churning out code and when you wake up at 35 years old, balding and gut hanging out, you'd all of a sudden it isn't very cool at all you spent your life code for some sh*t head (who probably tells you you're a hero all the while) and not being able to afford a mortgage, buy a car, feed your parents, or have enough money to get married.
Asia is different kid, play smart. Avoid shallow pockets who don't pay (At all cost)
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Usually I have a large project on the go but I'm also called onto smaller more immediate jobs such as writing new utilities for our production team; on the one hand it's a pain to be pulled off the main project when I'm in a good flow, but at the same time it's sometimes nice to have a little break.
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Sure, I prefer a single project at a time. Focus on more project it impact quality work and delivery.
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more work doesn't equal more pay, especially in IT - and most definitely with Asian firms
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Well said
Thanks and Regards,
RK_PRABAKAR
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(aka Result Oriented, or simply "A lot of result oriented")
Nothing new under the sun
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I prefer multiple project.
The reason is that most of the time I code a little, and then need input from other people for whatever reason (database access, business question or whatever)
I don't want to waste my time (and thus my customer money), by taking action with incomplete input.
So when that's the case I switch on another project at hand.
That's also why my customer are happy : I'm don't cost them any money when I'm waiting :p
On my case I'm happy because I have no down time.
Nicolas,
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Nobody really cares much about what I like.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Well, they asked, didn't they?
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Agree with you
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If I run into a snag on a main project, it is always good to be able to be able to go to another project that is low priority. I have also sort of liked having multiple responsibilities because the other responsibilities give me a break/change.
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100% agree with you on this. Unfortunately, I just checked, I had 8 open VS projects today, all of which I worked on, today (well, one I just code reviewed).
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That gets painful. Hard enough remember what you did on 1 project, let alone 8
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I will be honest, it has been pretty close to hell today. To make matters worse, my boss went ahead and fixed a small problem, without grabbing latest code first, then checked it in. Merge hell!
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and deployed to prod?!
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His is in QA but going to roll out to prod as it is an emergency release. I'm working on the merge now to get out to QA (my code was an additional feature and performance improvements)
modified 14-Nov-12 10:10am.
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i just sneaked out a change yesterday as well.
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Had a friend (he was promoted to more a management role) who had to watch as another programmer slaughtered his application because he was not a good programmer. Very frustrating.
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