Before I get to the challenges, a little thought on craft. I write code for a living. Usually, other people tell me what they want, and I go build it. Yes, it’s more complicated than that, and more collaborative, but at its essence, I take orders and produce things. I took a long weekend as a mini-vacation to get away from stress at work and started a project just for me. There are no orders, no requirements document, no design, just stuff in my head slowly turning into working code (oh yes, no deadlines either).
I’ve been feeling burned out, tired of dealing with all the “stuff” that goes in to working for a large company. I started this project as a way to rediscover my craft, to do something selfish with my skills, like I imagine a carpenter has the pet project in their shed that’s crazy and big and may take years to whittle down to the end goal, but there’s no hurry. I have to say, being able to wallow in the tiny little bits of code that go into the whole without time constraint or constant interruption has been freeing and a lot of fun. I guess this goes back to my Living Out Loud post. Instead of living out loud right now, I’m living inside, just for me, re-discovering the parts of my job that make me happy.
And after that little diversion, on to the challenges!!
- Mirror, Mirror
- Don’t Get Defensive
- When Life Gives You Lemons
- Escape to Victory!!
- Set Sentence Challenge
- Living Descriptions
There you go! It’s off to watch some Canadian situational comedy (just discovered the ultimately quirky Corner Gas) and do laundry… and rediscover my craft.
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