Re: developers life

Robert Cummings wrote:

On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 21:28 +0000, 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]