[ale] [Mildly OT] Personal bliss or world conquest?

[Jim Kinney]

On Sep 17, 2014 10:23 AM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Are you asking for help figuring out what you want to be when you grow up?
> :)
>

So far, I have managed to refuse to grow up.

My wife concurs with my achievement so far :-)

I like problem solving and creating new stuff. Started taking a
metalworking art class and jewelry making class for fun.
> Best of luck - I still haven't quite figured out my goals yet....
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:05 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > What I call "mental flexibility" my wife calls "waffling". Mine at
> > least sounds dignified. This has been running around in my head for a
> > few years now. Would appreciate perspectives, if you have them. Or
> > just more coffee recommendations; I will get to ATL eventually...
> >
> > Solving technical problems, including some systems programming, is fun
> > to me. I can get lost in it and be happy. However, I'm not a "real"
> > programmer in that my work seldom gets more than a hundred or two
> > lines of code and I only know the basics in a couple languages.
> >
> > Solving big problems is challenging. I've done datacenter project
> > management and been successful. Especially since I often complain
> > about "nobody fixing the real issues". I like fixing them but they
> > aren't as personally fun.
> >
> > I'm not looking for a job but am looking to define my job to be what I
> > want to do. I just wish I knew what I wanted to do...
> >
> > Leam
> >
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