The Monster Unleashed
Thursday, 29 April 2010 Jacob TomawI keep hearing and reading things in the news that make me think of something worth blogging about. Unfortunately on my vocation list blogging comes after two items that have grown in effort.
Jonah is very in tune with nature when it comes to sleeping. As we go through spring and into summer he starts to wake earlier and earlier. This week he has woke up at 5 (when Jos and I awake) twice and not long after 6 twice. This means some of my chores and blogging time in the morning is reduced so I can practice the more important vocation of father.
Just below father is the vocation of worker. While my official title is still “Sr. Software Engineer”, my Team Lead moved to a different role at the beginning of April, and I have been serving as acting Team Lead.
When my former boss suggested I apply for his position, I was a little apprehensive. I really enjoy writing code. It is a great artistic outlet for me. I knew that while not all manager become crazy pointy haired bosses, they definitely loose the ability to code.
I have to revised this analysis some now. I still have the ability, but I have significantly less time. Even just as the acting boss, there is a lot of time taken up with managerial task. Also my other team members are relatively new to the team, so I also serve as mentor. I still feel like I am productive, but it cannot be measured in lines of code.
I do hope to find a little bit of time, for now here is the Jonah-Monster.
