I've probably mentioned this previously but just to quickly recap…as part getting my degree in Computer Science, the school I attend requires that I complete a semester long, large project of some sort. Considering I hope to graduate soon(ish) I'm doing that project this semester. Or, trying to do that project this semester anyway. I'm basically doing a content management system that could be used for say, a Computer Science Department website.

The problem is I'm a bit behind schedule. Although I guess that's no surprise considering I have nearly 0 motivation to actually code this thing. I have a problem in that when I do programming, unless it's something I really care about, I have a very hard time working up the energy to actually do anything with it. And again, this has bit me in the butt. So now I'm a couple weeks behind where I thought I would be when I was planning out timeframes. But I've determined that if I can get what I need to get done this weekend (pretty much half of the upcoming events calander section, plus some of the user profile stuff like changing passwords and such) I'll be back on track as far as my expected completion date. So I'm planning on spending a signifigant portion of Sunday working on crap that I'd rather not work on. Fun!

This leads me back to something I think I posted up here about not being sure if I really wanted to spend my life developing software. I really enjoy working on stuff…for my own use, or to help out friends. But, if I don't care about a project it just becomes a chore. And more often than not, I end up not really caring. I keep getting this feeling that what I'm doing right now isn't what I should be spending my life on, but this feeling isn't telling me what it is that I should be doing. Just that it feels…wrong somehow. This came out talking to a friend the other night as well. I've really grown annoyed at just sitting in a chair all day in the same spot, day in and day out, doing the exact same things. It just really drags me down imaging that I'm going to be spending the rest of my working life doing pretty much just that. I'm having a very hard time looking into the future and seeing myself still doing this all the way down the road. I dunno. Maybe I'll figure it out sometime. There's gotta be something better out there.

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