I'd be interested to know roughly what sort of employment/positions you've taken up over the years for the purpose of an extension of the timeline you've started here, if you're willing to share.
I only got through college with the help of my GF at the time. No way I would have even gone to class without her! Graduated major in CS, minor in Mathematics.
Right now I am a Software Engineer in a crazy start-up like team that has insane deadlines and crazy big dreams. Every day is nuts, I am running around trying to keep some semblance of order, and I love it. :) I'm always being pushed outside my comfort zone (C# developer thrust into deep embedded development!) and being challenged on all sides.
The thing is though, even now, I am not good at doing my own projects on the side. If it is part of work, I'll have fun finding an awesome way to solve problems, I am good at being pragmatics about applying the latest software engineering trends balanced with actually getting things done, so I am typically pretty close to the forefront of Cool Stuff(tm). But I regret not having the self control needed to do coding on my own time. The dopamine hit from Video Games (and from novel content) is just too great.
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I'd be interested to know roughly what sort of employment/positions you've taken up over the years for the purpose of an extension of the timeline you've started here, if you're willing to share.
I only got through college with the help of my GF at the time. No way I would have even gone to class without her! Graduated major in CS, minor in Mathematics.
Right now I am a Software Engineer in a crazy start-up like team that has insane deadlines and crazy big dreams. Every day is nuts, I am running around trying to keep some semblance of order, and I love it. :) I'm always being pushed outside my comfort zone (C# developer thrust into deep embedded development!) and being challenged on all sides.
The thing is though, even now, I am not good at doing my own projects on the side. If it is part of work, I'll have fun finding an awesome way to solve problems, I am good at being pragmatics about applying the latest software engineering trends balanced with actually getting things done, so I am typically pretty close to the forefront of Cool Stuff(tm). But I regret not having the self control needed to do coding on my own time. The dopamine hit from Video Games (and from novel content) is just too great.