Dude! I feel ya. I'm in the EXACT same position as you now. No time to program, and 40+ hours a week spent doing stuff that has nothing to do with CF, JS, or even HTML.
My advice is to get a side job moonlighting that gets you the satisfaction that brought you into this profession in the first place, or build me the coolest NFL office pool app that ever lived for free. =) On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Jim Davis <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm transferring my site to a new (cheaper) server and just spent hours > finding a problem that it would have taken me minutes to find four years > ago. > > (I moved the site from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server Express and didn't > realize that the DB constraints and Identity values didn't come over.) > > Ever since my company merged I've been moving farther and farther away from > what I really know (knew?) how to do. I used to do interface development, > human factors, ColdFusion, JavaScript, Database Design, etc - build > WebSites. Now I spend my time opening tickets, doing support, tracking > down > people that have permission to do things I could do myself in seconds, > running support calls, putting together deployment plans, etc. > > I don't really have the option to bail (and I'm not sure if I'd truly want > to even if I could), but it's really sinking in: I either have to look for > a > new job or settle with the fact that I'm no longer a "programmer" but a > "middle manager". > > Damn... these little epiphanies sometimes kick you right in the balls, > don't > they? I'm one of those middle-aged guys that says "I used to be a > programmer", aren't I? > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282696 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
