2021-09-07
It's the time of year again where classes have started back up. I'm actually more excited than usual now that the end is more or less in sight.
And while I definitely did a little bit of that I also fell completely short of the goal. Not that that's really a bad thing. I realized not too long ago that I don't want to start something that I can't commit to finishing or supporting once classes started again. And also that it's way too easy to see all the cool projects other people are working on online and somehow feel like an impostor when you don't have something cool of your own to show.
I've still got my eye out for small software contributions I can make, but no pressure.
We have a bunch of people from different companies coming in and pitching us the projects they have for us to work on. Once they're all done, we pick which project we'd most like to be on and work on it in a small group until the end of next semester.
It kinda smells like free labor to me, but at least I get class credit and resume fodder for it?
I'm hoping I get a good project but I won't know until the end of this week. I've already seen a few projects I'd really rather not be a part of... porting a decades old .NET application to mobile, guy with a super nebulous app concept, others of the sort. But there's also some pretty exciting looking ones I'm eyeing.
"Hiring spree" as in we're nearly quadrupling the size of our team. Covid really did a number on our team size. I'm going to be getting a lot of the new hires up to speed but I'm just excited to be working with people in person again. Being able to bounce ideas off each other, joke around, actually know what everyone's up to...
I mean great for you if you love working from home, but I don't get how people deal with it long-term.
It'll be good to get back to productivity. Being with people in person. Feeling like I'm going somewhere.
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