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A Decade at Google 11 years ago

Thank you. I was reprimanded once for essentially "only" being at the office for the defined time we agreed I would be there. I spent some time racking my brain until I decided I wasn't being unreasonable.

I guess I'd just like the distinction that not living and breathing code doesn't equal a lack of passion. I'm passionate about programming. Can't say I ever was about washing dishes. They were both jobs, though, and when I get off work, there are other things I want to do.

I was wondering the other day: is it possible to enjoy coding, be good and employable, and still leave your work at work? I code at home too, but yeah, other passions take priority. You rarely hear about programmers who don't live and breathe code, but there must be a huge number of them.

That scene had a pretty big impact on me as a kid. Here was a movie with time traveling assassin robots, but that scene always seemed totally believable and possible. I think about it a lot, for whatever reason.

Strikes me as a smooth blend of both. But the segment of the public that inspired this move can see through the translucency and won't be satisfied until they stop giving us scraps and start inviting us to the table, so to speak.

[dead] 13 years ago

Woah, woah, no need to start talkin' crazy around here.

Publishing I can understand, but a seasoned sitcom writer -- especially a Roseanne alum -- should have been able to pick up more writing work. I'm not saying he's lazy or entitled or anything like that, just that the world can sometimes be a scary place where you end up in a bad situation just by luck of the draw.

Frightening and strangely inspiring. Definitely worth a read. Right on for his honest and uncompromising view of his own situation.

Browser logos 13 years ago

Oof. I must be in the minority here. That shiny, 3D logo looks pretty bad to me. Like, a 'New Super mario Bros' kind of bad.