-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 12-Jun-2015 22:13 <=-

Continuing... ;)

 NB>> That all sounds simply GREAT...  :)  Work that you can enjoy, and a
 NB>> steady cashflow...  :)
 DAG> It's been really nice.  Things have come along, such as my cat, that
 DAG> really rocked the boat and have made it a bit difficult to hit the
 DAG> target number of hours lately, but that being said, I'm finding this
 DAG> work experience much better than anything that I've had since at least
 DAG> 2001.  It's soo nice to be able to do something that I don't loathe,
 DAG> something where I'm learning more in areas that I actually care about,
 DAG> and something where I'm pairing with my roommate which makes things a
 DAG> little bit more fun than they would probably be otherwise. 

Ah, so he's the distracted one you were waiting on...  ;)  Having work
that fits is a blessing... and it's good to have something that helps
one grow, as well..  :)  And it's also helpful to have something that
you can to some extent set the pace, so if something comes up, like a
sick cat, or a sick kid, for that matter, you can put the work down and
then pick it up again... and mostly keep it all in balance... :)

 NB>> As with any technical field, there was bound to be some having to catch
 NB>> up with new developments... but with the basics in place, you shouldn't
 NB>> be having too much trouble fitting the new stuff in...  :)
 DAG> Yeah.  Well with the devops nature of this particular segment of
 DAG> work there's always going to be a bit of internal things that I have to
 DAG> learn due to a myriad of different suites and packages being deployed
 DAG> to whatever particular situation.  So there's always a bit of a curve
 DAG> which, despite being annoying at times, is kind of good from the
 DAG> standpoint that keeping a learning curve is good for the mind/brain in
 DAG> general, IMO. 

True... one should keep the mind/brain active, and learning new things
is highly recommended... by the experts, even...  ;)  As long as the
learning curve isn't too steep, it can also help keep one interested in
the work being done..  :)

 NB>> It works for me.  :)  My web browsing (little enough as it is) is kept
 NB>> separate from my other computer pursuits.. And when I do, I can avoid
 NB>> ads and popups etc simply because I'm using a text browser usually.. ;)
 DAG> Yeah I've had some systems that I made do with for a long time that
 DAG> had solely text-browsing capabilities.  It was always kind of a nice
 DAG> break from the media that pervades everything, and just being able to
 DAG> take time from it to read. 

Sometimes it's nice to see the "pretty pictures" on the sites... but
generally, what I really want is the information...  and I can see which
things I might want to see the graphics of and Enter on them...

 DAG> 'Course web development has catered to that so far these days that
 DAG> a disturbingly high percentage of those sites won't even render into
 DAG> a format that can be displayed properly in a text-only browser any more. 

Yeah... it's there in a pdf, or similar, and not readable...  

 DAG> I actually just resurrected a laptop of mine that is pretty much in
 DAG> that status.  It just doesn't really have the processing power to be
 DAG> handling full media and a bloated browser floating around in its RAM.
 DAG> Plus it's got some media issues, too, so it's a lot more reliable for
 DAG> just working and handling text-only sessions when that's what's desired. 

Sounds mighty useful to me... although I know of those who would
designate it as a doorstop...  ;)

 DAG> (Sorry if I'm rambling or
 DAG> jumping from topic to topic a little bit here; I've had some people
 DAG> relocate out here that are severely distracting me from what I was
 DAG> trying to do in responding to this message since I started it)

Well, the message already was doing a bit of fragmenting anyway... 
Hopefully my pulling things out into more coherent topics will help that
a little...  but I think we both have the tendency to tangent out... ;)

ttyl         neb

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