A year without C++, I think, is what I want.
It'd be lovely to just pick something silly and bury myself in it. It doesn't even have to be a GOOD something.
Node.js, even.
Anything.
Just pick it apart and play with it. No deadlines. No expectations. Just doing it for it's own sake. Eat, sleep, hack.
@matigo A little mental instability sort of goes with the territory in this line of work.
@matigo Oh you're closing in on it. Or, I should say, it's closing in on you. :)
Small tumbler of bourbon on the rocks. Just enough to take the edge off and relax.
I will not ponder the mis-step of my youth where I had the chance to go off and be an artist because that'd only invite more bourbon. There's medicine and there's a crutch.
grumble
Mid-life crisis? Possibly.
@matigo Perhaps, at some point, I can do this for "me" again. That's what I hold onto. :)
@matigo Only myself to blame. I saw that trap being laid years ago and I didn't take the opportunity to bail when I had the chance.
Too much is on my shoulders now for a graceful exit.
@matigo My big problem is dealing with the baggage of the other things in my job. I really didn't want to run a damned company. It makes me hate something I once loved. "What if" got replaced with "What has to be".
@matigo UI is what traditionally has been the hardest thing for me. Mostly because my workflow is very terse and to the point and I recognize that a large chunk of people do not work that way.
After years of college and real world training/experience, I've yet to find the answer to my biggest problem.
"Where is the off switch in my brain?"
I'm getting too old for this sleep for two hours stuff.