I have traveled this road and it is indeed troubling. It is more than just a question of whether on not traveling the path is the goal, as opposed to finding a destination.
As I sit here pounding down a roast beast sub and inhaling some diet cola, I look into the faces of my wife and children taped up to the walls of my cubicle. They are not the driving force of why I write code, day in and day out. Instead they are my solace, that piece of me that my master (employer) can never touch. I know how "Orwellian" this may sound but for me it is A Truth.
I have found that training/education merely provides us with a toolset that we carry with us on our next adventure down the path. We may not always need those tools for the next "job" but it's good to know that they are the best tools we could assemble.
Find your own way and try not to leave too much unfinished business in your wake.
E
"Where ever you go, There you are!"
Buckaroo Bonzai, 1985
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I have traveled this road and it is indeed troubling. It is more than just a question of whether on not traveling the path is the goal, as opposed to finding a destination.
As I sit here pounding down a roast beast sub and inhaling some diet cola, I look into the faces of my wife and children taped up to the walls of my cubicle. They are not the driving force of why I write code, day in and day out. Instead they are my solace, that piece of me that my master (employer) can never touch. I know how "Orwellian" this may sound but for me it is A Truth.
I have found that training/education merely provides us with a toolset that we carry with us on our next adventure down the path. We may not always need those tools for the next "job" but it's good to know that they are the best tools we could assemble.
Find your own way and try not to leave too much unfinished business in your wake.
E
"Where ever you go, There you are!"
Buckaroo Bonzai, 1985