How an IT guy spends time…
ONE DAY AT THE I.T. INDUSTRY
7:00 Wake up. Decide to do some really path-breaking work today.
9:00 Reach office. Sign in. Switch on terminal.
9:05 Check mail.
9:15 Start replying to accumulated mail." I really hate being popular."
9:40 Send mail to occupant of next to next cubicle. " Taking in the new movie tonight ?"
9:45 Log into CyberSpace / M-Net / whatever.
9:50 Start searching. There must be some girls logged in.
10:05 Ask a girl for a date.
10:10 Refusal!! Heartbroken.
10:20 Recover equilibrium. Search for coffee. Anybody going to cafetaria ?
10:50 Back at desk. Decide to really start working now.
11:00 Realize that the required manual is in the library. Will have to withdraw it.
11:15 The spare library card was here somewhere. Where is it ?
11:30 Give up on library card search as a bad job. Of course I can do the stuff without the manuals.
12:45 Something written. Should get compiled.
12:46 How can 40 lines of code give 283 lines of error ? Must be some typographical mistake. Will check it after lunch.
13:15 The food was really good today. Why don’t they make this
14:05 OK. Now the hard part comes. Do I debug the code or filch somebody else’s library card ?
14:06 Looked over the cubicle. Chap in next cubicle has almost completed his module. Homicidial thoughts.
14:15 No, I should really do something about it. Start debugging the code.
17:45 Continuous GPFs. It would have been easier to kill the chap.
17:50 Take a break. Recurrent daydream : "Why are blonde girls so pretty ? "
18:05 Start Netsurfing. Search for Sharon Stone.
18:15 Found the location. Start downloading the pictures.
18:20 No space. Save it in the server ?
18:21 Do I dare to do it ? OK, what the hell, DO IT!!
18:35 Start experimenting with fonts, cursors and prompts. God, I was really made for this stuff !
19:25 Where is everybody ? Finger !
19:30 Time to pack up and go to the movie.
23:50 Back from the movie. Consider today a day well spent. Long live the I.T. industry.
0:00 Turn in for the night. Resolve to do some really path-breaking work tomorrow
