The Man

2007/08/21 · by · in Self

Ok, well it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. Some interesting stuff has been happening in my life though.

  • The software project I’m working on has surpassed 10,000 lines. While this in itself is neither an unusual nor unexpected event for software, it marks a personal milestone. Previously, I’ve only written stuff that was 3-400 lines maximum. Command line scripts and other small utilities. This time I’ve created a GUI (also my first) and had to deal with issues such as design and architecture. I’ve learned much from this experience.
  • I realized that I’m undervalued at work, and I’ve decided to speak out about it. Nobody else I work with could have accomplished what I said above, and I’m being penalized for intangibles such as ‘personality issues,’ rather than being rewarded for my technical merits, and accomplishments. One of the biggest problems that I see is that it’s very difficult to get people to value your work, when they have no clue as to what’s involved.
  • I’m not genius, but I love learning. I’m the only person that I know who will go home and read a text book or solve math teasers for relaxing pleasure. I care deeply about my technical abilities and devote much of my free time to learning new things. I am not among peers, and I need new friends.

I feel unsatisfied and intellectually stifled. There are no opportunities for creativity at work, and nobody with whom I can share the new ideas I read about at home. (I recently read about Cook-Levin’s proof of NP-completeness in Sipser’s book, Theory of Computation)