1/24/2006 12:08:00 AM - Late night mind wanderings
Ah, the feelings of guilt. Recently my web browser decided to tell me that Firefox 1.5.0.1 was ready for me to download. I headed over to IRC to find out what was going on. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to stick around for the answer. I beta tested Firefox 1.5.0.1 because I had downloaded Firefox before the RC became the final product. When I finally got back to IRC, I saw a few people had greeted me. It has been a long time since I've been able to really participate in UMO. I find that work just wears me down so much that being helpful isn't on my mind. I think that the issues I deal with all day sometimes are just too similar. For the past month, I have had a dearth of developers working under me. I've also had to get up 90 minutes early to attend/give training sessions for replacements.
It is really hard to not be grumpy at work. But I have to be there and I have to be available to chat. I don't want to take that out on other people. I just want to chill when I finally get home.
I've started another semester along my way towards a Masters in Computer Science. At the rate of 3 classes a year, I will be done in another 2.5 years. This class is Software Engineering. While I don't expect to learn anything new from it, I do hope it will reinforce in me the need for process. I'll probably also learn a few of the buzzwords that will be gone by the time I graduate. I've been a software engineer for more than 6 years so its good to have that formal training that doesn't consist of reading a handful of articles.
Ok, that's enough rambling. I do hope to return to the Mozilla community soon.
