Back to the zone

After a week of pure relaxation, coming back to work is definitely a drag. But oh well, this is life, I supposed.

I'd like to share some thoughts about interviews. Our company is currently looking for 'associate' developer, a nicer name for a Junior, I supposed, and I was amazed by how good quality of the candidates were by looking at their resume. If I were to be brutally honest, I felt kinda intimated by them. The applicants that we've seen so far all have Master degree, and all of them have real work experience as well, they are all in their 30s.

I think sitting at the interviewer side of the table should definitely benefit me if I ever attempt to be on the other side. From 'this side', I've got to pay more attention to the other side of the table. Not sure if the metro-side of me got into the way, but the first thing I found myself curious to see was the first impression. Did they dress appropriately? Did they know how to do the handshake? And then of course, in the killing boring technical questions part of the interview, how good they hit the points, how well they carried themselves when they didn't understand the question. And how they showed their logical thinkings when they were asked problem solving type of questions.

I kinda have interview phobic; always dream that I would say the most stupid or ridiculous thing in an interview. And this is probably one of the reasons why I am so 'loyal' to the company. :) So... sitting on this side of the table kinda makes me wonder how well I can do on the other side.

Bum - Day 2

第2日做bum, 感覺上,已經減少咗D睙氣. MBTI話我喺extravert, 自己覺得喺啱, 因為覺得自已enjoy being注意嘅中心. 但MBTI亦都有話intravert要時間避世. 睇怕我應該喺強迫性外向嘅typical IT人.

開始要全面計劃將來, 工字不出頭, 不過出咗頭好似會變咗個土字...

最近睇緊一本関於公関嘅書, "成功心戰兵法", 喺對作者毫不認識之下, 決定投資一下時間讀番本久違咗嘅中文書. 啱啱開始揭咗幾頁, 居然有被drawn in嘅感覺, 睇來我嘅中文俾我想像中好.

Bum - Day 1

Another intensed Sprint is finished, I'm again exhausted. So I took a week off, just want to be a complete bum for the week, just to relax and enjoy some quality time with all the people I care and love.

So here comes day one of being a bum! But as usual, checked email first thing in the morning, and saw some intensed discussion threads, so had to jump in and cleared up a few things. Then I realized that was quite dangerous cuz work can easily suck time as we all know!

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Dine out for lunch, mall, playland, costco! The usual weekend stuff, but for some reason, I was really digging it! Though, occasionally, I saw some young couples or young fellows were doing the similar things in a restaurant, or in the shopping mall, and then I was thinking... hmm... Vancouver does have lots of unemployed people or rich people, or maybe stressed dudes like myself. :)

Reflection

Although this seems it has nothing to do with work tactics, this is something that hit me and potentially would affect my outlook in life.

I was reading a referred blog entry the other day. A few clicks lead me to a blog whose owner had just committed a suicide. Knowing that the blogger has passed away, reading her works kinda made me quite uncomfortable. So I just skimmed through a few lines, but I can already felt the sadness and darkness from her words. This kinda shocked me. I enjoy writing a lot, partly because I can freely express my feeling without too much of the boundary, and I thought it actually helped me in releasing my stress. But I seem to have a second thought about this theory now. After one second of google, I find this suicide list for writers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Writers_who_committed_suicide

Sweat shop

Sweat shop is a term that I've been thinking a lot lately. I used to enjoy coming to work a lot. Not only because I loved what I did, but also I loved the people I was working with. Coming to work was such a blessing! Occasionally, I would think that I might end up having lots of girl friends if I didn't enjoy working so much(well, I love this thinking. :)).

But those days have gone. Now, it's such a drag for me to come to work every day. I would completely lose my appetite if I ever think about work related stuff when I am home eating, or dining out. Is it the work that I hate? is it the person that I am working with? or is it just me? my aging? my responsibilities surrounding me on a whole?

I dunno, I need a break! screw the politics, screw the works, screw everything! I just want to relax and chill, and have quality time with my beloved family members.