08:41am, Friday 18 Jan 2002
Song of the Day: Ben Lee - Cigarettes Will Kill You
I was thinking yesterday about what makes me proud of myself. (Answer: not much)
This all came up when I solved this complex programming issue and managed to learn something really new at work. The thing was, I'd been absolutely terrified of arrays and specifically type arrays for ages, and had resisted every opportunity to use them, even if it meant coding something that wasn't exactly to standard.
So yesterday I talked myself into it and told myself to stop being stupid and to actually try and figure it out. Amazingly enough, it wasn't that hard, and now I have a whole new host of tools to use in future projects.
Ok, not such a big deal. But it made me really proud of myself. It made me review how much I've learned this year and how much I just flat out love programming. I was so proud.
People say they're proud of me for quitting smoking. I myself don't think its anything to be proud of. (Shouldn't have taken it up in the first place, right?). But learning a new concept had me smiling for hours and bursting with.. well, joy.
Is it unnatural to love something so geeky?
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