I end up working around the IT department

Funny, thats our business model too. We get called in as sub-contractors all the time when the in-house teams are too busy/slow/stubborn/stupid. And sure enough sometimes they try real hard to discredit us and our work too. Professional jealously is (unfortunatly) sometimes a big problem in the computer industry, I wouldn't sweat it to much.

Another subject that I haven't seen anyone touch on... what if you can't afford (time-wise) to make serious contributions to CPAN and/or code some serious projects of your own?. This may sound odd.. but my wife doesn't understand how I can code/work all day and come home to sit in front of the computer rather than spend time w/ her. She has a valid point.. it's not healthy to spend all your life in front of your PC chasing the dream of that one big dev job. For me as a married,disgruntled coder it's hard to find a balance between furthering my chances at getting out of said "current shithole" and maintaining a healthy relationship w/ my wife.

Okay as a married man, with a 7 year old daughter and 2 year old twins, I feel I am qualified to answer this (and then I really gotta do some work today).

Insomnia. Its the only way really. I go to work, then come home, spend time with the wife and kids, put the kids to bed, spend time with the wife, put the wife to bed, spend time with my computer. When I feel my eyes start to sting or my code start slip, I go to bed. Rinse and repeat.

-stvn

In reply to Re: Re: Avoiding "brain drain" in the corporate realm by stvn
in thread Avoiding "brain drain" in the corporate realm by flyingmoose

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