Well, our new employee seems to be everything we hoped for. All is going really great and I've had a few days of actual software-related work to do.
I'd forgotten how good it is to get your teeth into a real technical problem. In this case: making every byte in every file identical across all platforms including different big-endian and little-endian architectures. (Actually it's quite painful, but a welcome change.)
So the woes? The problem is that when I was doing every little odd-job that needed doing, my day was full of standing up, sitting down, reaching, answering phones, lifting, walking, fetching and carrying. This week, I've sat still in my chair, working hard on the computer.
I've got slight eye-strain and a back ache.
How can I force myself to take breaks and move around when my job has suddenly got so exciting?
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Make a small app with full-screen, always-on-top window that pops up for 5 minutes every half hour and says "go and make a cup of tea!". It should force itself to the top after 1 minute, and top itself every second for the next two minutes.
ReplyDeleteOf course I don't mean you should have 8 cups of tea a day...
An alternative would be one that first warns you, then minimizes your development environment.
Sure it'd be annoying at first, but it could work like the early mornings thing...
I'll give it a try...
ReplyDeleteAlthough, I'm probably a bit rusty at making those computer program whatnots/ :-)
How long are your tea breaks, Steve?
ReplyDeleteIf you only get 8 per day, spaced at 30 mins from the end of the last one..?