Of And Pertaining To Work
Posted by Chris Shorrock Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:05:00 GMT
So work has REALLY been s l o o w i n g down lately. I'm not a salesman and never have been so finding my own work is often difficult. I feel I'm very skilled at what I do yet establishing yourself on the global market is something that isn't easily accomplished. I'm now debating going back to an office job but find the whole prospect of doing so somewhat demoralizing.
My current work arrangement is quite good, I work from home in my nice little office in a nice quiet neighborhood in a nice quiet town. I'm able to focus and get heaps of work done since there's nearly no interruptions and I'm very self motivated. I can wake up at 7, work for 10 hours and still be home by 5. I can BBQ for lunch, and if I need to, workout during my lunch break. All in all, I really have nothing to complain about.
On the flip side, my nice quiet home has a mortgage attached to it, as well as a wife and daughter living inside of it who, for some reason, demand food now and then. So due to the downswing of work it may be time to head back to a real office as baby and mom aren't so happy when the bills don't get paid.
But why is going back to an office job so bad? Well, I suppose I just appreciate a good thing and throwing that behind you can be difficult. My nice little neighborhood is about an hour and a half commute to downtown where I'm sure I would end up working. That means 3 hours each day commuting minimum, and that's if I drive, which I probably wouldn't, so public transit would be getting a new customer.
Also I need to consider what I want to do. Do I go with Java or Ruby? Java is a great language which I enjoy (and even named my dog after... yes I'm that much of a dork) but getting stuck in a web shop that does glorified business card sites gets tedious quick, so I would almost need to find something with a level of complexity to challenge myself in order to remain sane. On the other hand, I've really enjoyed Rails work as of late, the ability to turn stuff out quickly makes even normal web development enjoyable due to the high ratio of work to show; that is, the amount of hours put in results in more done that typical development environments.
This entry has turned into a rant with no real focus or direction but It had been a while since I posted anything so I thought I'd just throw up what was on my mind. I'm still not sure what's going to happen in the near future but hopefully it turns out for the best. I still have some time until I need to make a decision so hopefully I can find the light at the end of the tunnel I've just entered.
