On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 09:05:16PM +0800, Paolo wrote:
> I'm not for the manager thingy either. But it seems that the trend here
> is for one to become a manager. I shudder at the thought of having a
> pile of paper work and a couple of five hour meetings a day.
Yeah.. Actually, I'm fine with paper work, but I get restless at meetings that aren't
well-organized (especially if I have something else due!).
I'd also like a technically competent manager, preferably one who was actually
programming and yet moved into management because he or she wanted to. (Rare!) ;)
> > Embedded programming looks cool, though.. <muses>
> Oh, take it from me. It's fun. Like hearing a baby talk for the first
> time.
My mom's getting me a PDA soon. I can start small before going smaller. =) I'm
thinking of asking for an iPAQ for my birthday present (instead of some
sentimental-value-laden necklace.. <wry grin>), since it supports Linux pretty well.
(Naks, on-topic again!) Unfortunately the Agenda VR3's not going to be available here
any time soon, unless I'm mistaken. (I hope I am! =) )
> Hehehe, as Kelsey said...rich girl. Just wait till you get a boyfriend,
> hehehehe.
Yeahyeahyeah, go marry someone rich. (blech) Anyway, we'll see.
> > Actually, it's not just that. I read that they do all sorts of cool things just
>for developer morale..
> Like outings and the like? Other companies have that too. But maybe not
> as frequent.
<g> Guess what my mom texted me? "Am at Microsoft office and they are having a party.
No occasion. Receptionist said this is normal here. Sounds like real fun" - oh no, my
mom's joined the Dark Side! ;)
> > Yeah, but there are very few people lucky enough to get paid doing open source..
><laugh>
> Heck, even Linus has a day job!
True.
Anyway, I'm thinking of going straight for a PhD. That incidentally puts off all of
this worrying about the industry for quite a while. ;)
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