Monday through Friday we rise with the sun and for a brief period divide our time equally between grooming, travel, and a daily attempt at caffine absorbtion. Thus far a fairly typical beginning for much of the corporate population.
From there a full third of our day – half of the awake portion – is slightly deviated from the managerial or marketing type. We spend a little more time at our desk and a little less at the water cooler. When fielding an enquiry we are quick with the verbosity but lacking in circumlocution. We’ve answered the question, but they still look at us quizzically! WTF?
It’s Friday. Tradition says we are released of many of the bonds of office protocol to join our peers in social splendour. Do we accept? We’ll come down soon, but we should really finish debugging this latest iteration and commit it to the repository… 19:00!? Already? Oh well, perhaps next week.
Until now we’re just regular every day corporate I.T. people. But when Saturday night comes around and we’re staying in instead of heading to town; gaming instead of drinking; chatting instead of socialising… have we gone too far? Does this transcend conscientious career involvement? Have we now become a shut in? Have we got…
The Geek?
Welcome to the beginnings of my geek philosophising.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Your new blog is looking nice.. nice theme.