Getting Your Head Out Of The Bubble

6/6/2005

As a programmer, it is easy to encase yourself into a kind of bubble of creativity in which nothing else exists except the problem you are trying to solve at that moment. I have spent days in such bubbles and nothing, not even eating, could really drag me all the way out.

When you are single, you can get away with extended periods in the programming "bubble". However, once you get married and have children, staying in the bubble is no longer an option. Your wife and kids need your attention, so all you can do is kind of poke your head into the bubble for a few hours at a time at most. This is very difficult to do, poking your head into and out of the bubble. It takes discipline to pull yourself away from a difficult programming problem and I am not very successful in doing it so far.

Meaningless Diversion

6/1/2005

I got hooked into taking this quiz ... crap like this is a waste of time, but I wonder how close they can get to the truth.

You scored as Existentialist. Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism toward human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.

Existentialist

88%

Modernist

63%

Materialist

63%

Postmodernist

56%

Cultural Creative

44%

Romanticist

38%

Fundamentalist

19%

Idealist

13%

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6/6/2005

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6/1/2005