Bye, bye… Vacations!

Ξ July 7th, 2008 | → 0 Comments |
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The title might make the reader to think this is one of many posts that appear in this time of the year in blogs all around the blogosphere. Excuse me, but this is not the case… I’m not saying good-bye, trading the workplace with some tropical paradise to spend a well deserved vacation. I will, eventually!…

This post is about how I saw my vacation delayed yet another week. Yep! The costumer asked to get the delivery before the end of the month… So, first deliver the product, then and only then, vacations…

Now, more than ever, I think that I started sprinting the marathon a few months ago, and it’s still going…


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Working late…

Ξ April 28th, 2008 | → 0 Comments |
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I must assume that usually my work comes home with me.

Of course I know this isn’t a thing to do often (or is it never?), and that good schedule estimation foresees delays to compensate… for delays! But still, I enjoy spending a late night remotely debugging someone else’s code, or compiling a library from scratch.

Tonight is one of those nights, much because the deadline is so close I already sense the smell of delivery in the air! So, here am I, compiling, debugging, until one falls asleep…