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June 15, 2004
Choices
I've been thinking a lot lately about my career, and where it's headed and where I want it to go. Essentially, I'm trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. I used to want to be Godzilla, but I don't think I can get paid for that.
I'm not entirely sure what I want, but I don't want to be a code monkey anymore. What do I mean by that? Well, very often I am given a task, but rather than being told "go forth and build something", which implies I can build it in any way I choose, as long as it meets the requirements, I get told "go do X" where X has been defined for me. In those cases I am just a code monkey, banging on a keyboard. There is no creativity in those tasks, and it's the creativity that I enjoy, not the coding. Anyone can code, given the willingness to learn a programming language.
So, what do I want? I don't know, honestly. I guess the first thing I need to do is really figure out what my options are.
Posted by ed at June 15, 2004 10:50 AM
Comments
Look on the bright side: DreamWorks didn't just tell _you_ to take a hike.
Posted by: MTS at June 15, 2004 5:31 PM
I think we all go through that. I know that I keep questioning my career choice, even though I've advanced very quickly. I'm in school now to advance further into the education field, but I often find myself questioning if that's what I really want to do. Being very pessimistic, I just think that some people will never be completely satisfied with where they are, myself included.
Posted by: Linda at June 15, 2004 5:53 PM