RTW today! A little nap is in order now...
Wednesday, June 22 2005
Today was the big day. My first big project as a dev released to production and it went relatively smooth. We hammered out most of the bugs and features in the last week of testing, but of course there were a few last minute 'feature requests' from our management and PM. I suppose that's to be expected, but it really kind of irritated me at the time...what can I say, lack of sleep, too much work and trying to meet a deadline can make a guy grumpy.
Pros:
- I really enjoy coding.
- It's such a cool feeling to 1) see something work that you created from scratch and 2) see other people appreciate it.
- I'm learning a LOT about C#, VB, ASP.NET and SQL.
Cons:
- Long hours. I didn't keep exact track, but with the lone exception of Father's Day I've worked every single day (at work or from home) for the past three weeks. I estimate about 75-80 hours each week.
- Under-estimating the time frame required for a project. Not a good thing when you get halfway through and go 'oh crap.'
Thanks to Emery for bearing with all of my questions and having patience when I asked the same thing more than once (a personal pet peeve of mine)! Thanks to Terry and Brent for giving me the opportunity to find out how much I enjoy development and believing in me enough to let me take the chance on their team!
What now, you ask? Well, I still have some stuff to wrap up with this project. Some UI and SQL stuff specific to our teams. Once that is done I have some training scheduled, a vacation to celebrate my 8th wedding anniversary and of course there are several projects lined up. And there's the thrill of going back to normal life...a 45 hour work week, working out at Gold's Gym, playing with my daughter, hanging out with family on the weekends, playing Xbox, watching TV in bed and enjoying life. I like normal...especially my version of it! :)
~tod
ps: for those of you who don't know, RTW = release to web. I'm not sure if that's a MSFT specific term or not. <shrug>
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