Re: [PHP] developers life
Like many others, you also described exactly how I work. with one exception... php is my only choice for server side scripting / programming. Sure there are others, perhaps better for some things, languages, but I am sticking with PHP through snow, mud, earthquakes, tsunamis, and solar radiation. With each new project, I try to do something new and different with PHP than my previous projects. Whether the new projects are improvements is another discussion for someone other than me :) Thanks for the post, I am glad I am not the only one. derby On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Nathan Rixham nrix...@gmail.com wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus ps: expectantly installed windows 7 over the weekend, brief moment of excitement coupled with the thought i wonder what it's like; anticlimax + reality check, it was just a taskbar, start menu and desktop.. you'd think I'd know by now. regards :-) i so have more important things to do -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- life your own way. http://www.talkderby2me.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 06:46, derby derby...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.talkderby2me.com Heh. I like the domain name, Derby. Welcome to the list. -- /Daniel P. Brown daniel.br...@parasane.net || danbr...@php.net http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ Unadvertised dedicated server deals, too low to print - email me to find out! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 22:06 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:53 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl thanks for that rob, but predicatably I've got to number 26 and stopped - penetrating insight, lol Then your not INTP enough :) An INTP would want to know. Cheers, Rob. and finished in 3 sessions: Your personality type is INTP shock *lol* There ya go! Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:23:49PM -, c...@l-i-e.com wrote: ESTJ Me too. After answering 68 questions (All that displayed) it told me I didn't answer them all... So if I want to go in rewrite the stupid thing so that it works properly... What does that make me? :P -- Jason Pruim japr...@raoset.com 616.399.2355
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On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 08:16 -0500, Jason Pruim wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:23:49PM -, c...@l-i-e.com wrote: ESTJ Me too. After answering 68 questions (All that displayed) it told me I didn't answer them all... So if I want to go in rewrite the stupid thing so that it works properly... What does that make me? :P Silly for not hitting the back button. :) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Jan 20, 2009, at 9:18 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 08:16 -0500, Jason Pruim wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:23:49PM -, c...@l-i-e.com wrote: ESTJ Me too. After answering 68 questions (All that displayed) it told me I didn't answer them all... So if I want to go in rewrite the stupid thing so that it works properly... What does that make me? :P Silly for not hitting the back button. :) But alas... I did 3 times :P figured once wasn't enough... had to keep checking it :) -- Jason Pruim japr...@raoset.com 616.399.2355
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catch-all? Yes, with lots of spam filtering, including a custom one in PHP. Got tired of waiting for webmail to run its filters. PHP cron job on the server with IMAP. Comes in handy for web sign-ups and the following spam -- And for identifying spammers. I don't work with spammers. http://richardlynch.blogspot.com/2007/09/adobe-spams.html -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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At 4:35 PM -0500 1/19/09, Robert Cummings wrote: Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl (I don't know how good the test is, I picked one at random) Cheers, Rob. I didn't pick at random, but rather what I thought -- my type: ENTJ Interesting that the top related job position for this type is program designer. Now, that doesn't make me a good one, it's just that's the way I lean. The test was not a bad assessment. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 13:14 -0500, tedd wrote: At 4:35 PM -0500 1/19/09, Robert Cummings wrote: Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl (I don't know how good the test is, I picked one at random) Cheers, Rob. I didn't pick at random, but rather what I thought -- my type: ENTJ I think you're confused... I picked the test at random, I've been INTP since I first took the test 18 years ago (and every time since) :) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Jan 20, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Jason Pruim wrote: On Jan 20, 2009, at 9:18 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 08:16 -0500, Jason Pruim wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:23:49PM -, c...@l-i-e.com wrote: ESTJ Me too. After answering 68 questions (All that displayed) it told me I didn't answer them all... So if I want to go in rewrite the stupid thing so that it works properly... What does that make me? :P Silly for not hitting the back button. :) But alas... I did 3 times :P figured once wasn't enough... had to keep checking it :) Well it finally worked for me... INFJ... Only 1% of the population like me! :P but apparently I should be a counselor rather then a programmer... Screw it I like programming :P -- Jason Pruim japr...@raoset.com 616.399.2355
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Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.com wrote in message news:1232447313.30838.5.ca...@localhost... On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 22:06 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:53 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl thanks for that rob, but predicatably I've got to number 26 and stopped - penetrating insight, lol Then your not INTP enough :) An INTP would want to know. Cheers, Rob. and finished in 3 sessions: Your personality type is INTP shock *lol* There ya go! Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP huh...I ended up INFP Frank --realizes he's not like the cool kids. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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At 1:25 PM -0500 1/20/09, Robert Cummings wrote: On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 13:14 -0500, tedd wrote: I didn't pick at random, but rather what I thought -- my type: ENTJ I think you're confused... I picked the test at random, I've experienced a lot of that recently. --- I've been INTP since I first took the test 18 years ago (and every time since) :) In the sixth grade I took an IQ test. When I was 36, I took another -- interestingly enough, both scores were identical. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus ps: expectantly installed windows 7 over the weekend, brief moment of excitement coupled with the thought i wonder what it's like; anticlimax + reality check, it was just a taskbar, start menu and desktop.. you'd think I'd know by now. regards :-) i so have more important things to do -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Nathan Rixham nrix...@gmail.com wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Every day of my life. ps: expectantly installed windows 7 over the weekend, brief moment of excitement coupled with the thought i wonder what it's like; anticlimax + reality check, it was just a taskbar, start menu and desktop.. you'd think I'd know by now. regards :-) i so have more important things to do -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Kyle Terry | www.kyleterry.com
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On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl (I don't know how good the test is, I picked one at random) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects yes, but it tends to be side-tracking to what management thinks is more important; which usually isn't! - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed yes, and coffee can only go so far! - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason yes, I'm a sucker really, and can't seem to say no to people - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world yes, i work a lot on the commute to/from work :-/ -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) yep - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go not too sure about actual skill scope, but like many a man, i'll give it a go, even if I know I don't know what I'm doing! - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) yes, albeit aided immensely by management! - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion yeah, funny that! - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) what's usability again? - lots more but lost interest / focus hehe ps: expectantly installed windows 7 over the weekend, brief moment of excitement coupled with the thought i wonder what it's like; anticlimax + reality check, it was just a taskbar, start menu and desktop.. you'd think I'd know by now. go linux ;) regards :-) i so have more important things to do Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Kyle Terry wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Nathan Rixham nrix...@gmail.com wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Every day of my life. Particularly the loss of interest and motivation at 65-85 percent! ps: expectantly installed windows 7 over the weekend, brief moment of excitement coupled with the thought i wonder what it's like; anticlimax + reality check, it was just a taskbar, start menu and desktop.. you'd think I'd know by now. regards :-) i so have more important things to do -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Kyle Terry | www.kyleterry.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus You just described me! :-) afan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Afan Pasalic a...@afan.net wrote: Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus You just described me! :-) afan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php I'm actually convinced it's the PHP mailing list disease. -- Kyle Terry | www.kyleterry.com
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? Well I got INTP :) That's a pretty good test actually, but you could have chosen a PHP one ;) http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl (I don't know how good the test is, I picked one at random) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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I'm not alone then (didn't think so :p) Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects yes, but it tends to be side-tracking to what management thinks is more important; which usually isn't! so true - worse yet, a client with a comittee! - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed yes, and coffee can only go so far! - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason yes, I'm a sucker really, and can't seem to say no to people - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world yes, i work a lot on the commute to/from work :-/ -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) yep - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go not too sure about actual skill scope, but like many a man, i'll give it a go, even if I know I don't know what I'm doing! - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) yes, albeit aided immensely by management! - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion yeah, funny that! - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) what's usability again? - lots more but lost interest / focus hehe ps: expectantly installed windows 7 over the weekend, brief moment of excitement coupled with the thought i wonder what it's like; anticlimax + reality check, it was just a taskbar, start menu and desktop.. you'd think I'd know by now. go linux ;) i am at work, but at home virtualbox for all your multi-os needs -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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2009/1/19 Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects yes, but it tends to be side-tracking to what management thinks is more important; which usually isn't! - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed yes, and coffee can only go so far! - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason yes, I'm a sucker really, and can't seem to say no to people - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world yes, i work a lot on the commute to/from work :-/ -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) yep - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go not too sure about actual skill scope, but like many a man, i'll give it a go, even if I know I don't know what I'm doing! - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) yes, albeit aided immensely by management! - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion yeah, funny that! - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) what's usability again? - lots more but lost interest / focus hehe ps: expectantly installed windows 7 over the weekend, brief moment of excitement coupled with the thought i wonder what it's like; anticlimax + reality check, it was just a taskbar, start menu and desktop.. you'd think I'd know by now. go linux ;) ++1 regards :-) i so have more important things to do Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Torok, Alpar Istvan
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Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl thanks for that rob, but predicatably I've got to number 26 and stopped - penetrating insight, lol sidenote: wonder what the results would be if we all got our respective other halfs to complete it for us. [for those of you without, you're manager will do] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:46 +, Luke Slater wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? Well I got INTP :) Well the above description matched me fairly well and I recognized the INTP'ness of it all -- I'm also an INTP :) That's a pretty good test actually, but you could have chosen a PHP one ;) Yeah... but I left it as an exercise ;) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:53 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl thanks for that rob, but predicatably I've got to number 26 and stopped - penetrating insight, lol Then your not INTP enough :) An INTP would want to know. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:53 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl thanks for that rob, but predicatably I've got to number 26 and stopped - penetrating insight, lol Then your not INTP enough :) An INTP would want to know. Cheers, Rob. i do.. it's still open in a tab :-) sidetracked -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Nathan Rixham nrix...@gmail.com wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects of course - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed uh? - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason can't get enough - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world what, you mean they finish at 5? lazy bastards! -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) always, flex php at the moment - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go try anything once! - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) thank god for management, esp when the boss has ADD! - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion You mean its supposed to get to 100% completion. But then how would I keep getting paid if the project can drag on for 3 years? - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) Code is always the most important - lots more but lost interest / focus regards :-) i so have more important things to do -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat
Re: [PHP] developers life
Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:53 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl thanks for that rob, but predicatably I've got to number 26 and stopped - penetrating insight, lol Then your not INTP enough :) An INTP would want to know. Cheers, Rob. and finished in 3 sessions: Your personality type is INTP shock -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:53 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +, Nathan Rixham wrote: well just for the hell of it; and because I'm feeling worn.. anybody else find the following true when you're a developer? - frequent bursts of side-tracking onto more interesting subjects - vast amount of inhuman focus, followed by inability to remain focussed - general tendancy to keep taking on projects, often for no good reason - inability to flip out of work mode at 5pm like the rest of the world -- [sub] not feeling normal unless worked you've extra; while other professions demand overtime as little as an extra 15 minutes - constant learning (positive thing) - unlimited skill scope, if its on a computer you'll give it a go - amazing ability to prioritise (the wrong things) - all projects suddenly become uninteresting and all motivation is lost at approx 65-85 percent completion - the code seems more important than the app (even though its not) - lots more but lost interest / focus Are you an INTP? http://www.personalitytest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl thanks for that rob, but predicatably I've got to number 26 and stopped - penetrating insight, lol sidenote: wonder what the results would be if we all got our respective other halfs to complete it for us. [for those of you without, you're manager will do] My management wouldn't bother, would stop at question 5! only today I got asked to shorten a several paragraph email into something he could read more easliy, despite him asking for that much detail originally! Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Bastien Koert wrote: always, flex php at the moment ahh great to read, flex is amazing, the best product to hit the developers market in years IMHO, coupled with XMPP (say openfire) it's great as well - there's something about flex and xmpp.. say if you were to implement a kind of http over xmpp and use it in flex.. hell you'd have a lightweight stateful persistent client server xml based stream to play with and could kiss byebye to all that crappy dhtml/ajax polling business forever.. anyhow some others i enjoyed learning include apache solr, opencalais, arc2 (rdf and sparql), yahoo api's, (more) uml (but easy to get too side tracked with), exploring all the eclipse plugins, wso2 wsf and lots more -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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c...@l-i-e.com wrote: ESTJ Apparently, it's time for me to take on a project manager job and quit coding... Oddly enough, I've been thinking I might like to do that, though more of an architect/manager role, really... didn't you already make that change when you became ceo of an intergalactic enterprise company mr lynch? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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ESTJ Apparently, it's time for me to take on a project manager job and quit coding... Oddly enough, I've been thinking I might like to do that, though more of an architect/manager role, really... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Apparently, it's time for me to take on a project manager job and quit coding... Oddly enough, I've been thinking I might like to do that, though more of an architect/manager role, really... didn't you already make that change when you became ceo of an intergalactic enterprise company mr lynch? I think you're confusing my day job with my real life. tm :-) Note that bottle-washer AT works equally well for the address at my own domain. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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c...@l-i-e.com wrote: Apparently, it's time for me to take on a project manager job and quit coding... Oddly enough, I've been thinking I might like to do that, though more of an architect/manager role, really... didn't you already make that change when you became ceo of an intergalactic enterprise company mr lynch? I think you're confusing my day job with my real life. tm :-) Note that bottle-washer AT works equally well for the address at my own domain. catch-all? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:23:49PM -, c...@l-i-e.com wrote: ESTJ Me too. Paul -- Paul M. Foster -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
