It’s funny how extremely productive tasks can feel like a lost time. For instance, i hate sleeping–well, i hate bed time, but sleeping is actually one of the most important things a person can do. It just feels like a total waste of time.
I spent the majority of the day estimating and building a proposal for my former-former company. This was a very productive way to spend my time as I really think this one might go through, and if it does, that could be really huge. This is a major company with several sites, so if this does go through and they are happy with it, this project could open up a lot of doors. Plus, having a project like this on your resume will make opening doors at other similar companies a lot easier.
I’m really excited about this. I mean, they sought me out, so they actually want this project implemented to some substantiated degree, and this is what I want to do. This is again, my goal. Building bridges over the rivers & canyons that prevent my former industry from being at a high standard or productivity and efficiency. Eliminating the everyday tasks that take them away from doing truly value-added activities. Don’t get me wrong, these tasks that are performed have immense value, but they can be automated! Man-hours do not need to be spent on these tasks, and with software, the man-hours can be freed to improve instead of simply sustain.
So that was the majority of my day. The rest of the day was spent on re-organizing my trello integration. Speaking of, I actually used my work thus far to do the estimating today. That was pretty cool–and(!!!) it saved me like 15 minutes of double entering the same information in two places. That was pretty cool too!
I got it all working with the new implementation, but I hate it! See, originally, i was just using the list & the card names to make adjustments to the stories, but doing it this way, i finally decided that what I really need to do is use the card ids–duh! But that changes things. It changes the production code as well as all my tests. That’s okay. I just wish I’d figured that out a little sooner.
Nonetheless, it was a good day.