CONFESSIONS OF A TIRED PROGRAMMER

I've been wanting to start this blog for a while—sort of make a central place where I can blog about something more than just programming or my work. Since I have two classes this semester that both have as their first assignment the creation of a blog, it was a good time to act.

I love programming. Wait, maybe I said that wrong. You're probably thinking after reading that statement that I've attended multiple Stark Trek conferences or something. No, that's not it. I love programming as a tool of creation. I love that I can use a logical set of rules to create something. One of the driving forces that has kept me learning more programming languages and staying as close as I can to the cutting edge of web technology is because I see really cool things out there and my instinct is to learn "how in the heck did they do that?"

I'm also tired. Maybe it's because I've been programming too long, I don't know. I want to further exercise different muscles. I want more opportunities to think outside the programming box. I want to solve problems that can't be easily solved with a good programming model. Actually, maybe I don't want to solve problems right away. Maybe it's even that I want to experience more of coming up with problems rather than immediately typing out, line upon line in a Courier-derived font, the logical solution to that problem.

Maybe I just need to go to bed.