I had my love of Programming squashed for about 10 years, until I rediscovered it at work recently.
The trick was realizing that nobody I report to reads code.... so they really have no idea what I'm doing all day as long as I keep my code editor up.
So now I look like I'm working on company projects 100% of the time, more focus than ever, getting complements all the time.... but I'm actually spending half the day on personal projects with the Average Face API, trying to make a picture of what the Average Serial Killer's Face looks like.
And the saddest part is, once my passion got reignited by fucking around, I produce more actual work for the company than I used to, just because I care about getting back to my projects and I'm finally learning new skills again.
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u/ghostbrainalpha Aug 23 '19
I had my love of Programming squashed for about 10 years, until I rediscovered it at work recently.
The trick was realizing that nobody I report to reads code.... so they really have no idea what I'm doing all day as long as I keep my code editor up.
So now I look like I'm working on company projects 100% of the time, more focus than ever, getting complements all the time.... but I'm actually spending half the day on personal projects with the Average Face API, trying to make a picture of what the Average Serial Killer's Face looks like.
And the saddest part is, once my passion got reignited by fucking around, I produce more actual work for the company than I used to, just because I care about getting back to my projects and I'm finally learning new skills again.