Ten+ Year Perspective
This blog is normally strictly technical and I will rarely deviate from that self imposed constraint but in a rare deviation here goes with something a bit different.
For anyone who just happened upon this post and perhaps those who know me or have followed this blog may or may not be aware, I was a musician in one of my previous careers. I have not abandoned my music completely in the decade or so that I moved into software however let’s just say it took a very big back seat.
Initially drawn to software development as a better paying yet still highly creative profession, I would often tell myself that writing good code was like writing or producing a good song and though the output was different in format and audience expectations, the experience was still fulfilling a side of me that required feeding.
A decade into my software development career and I can now say that whilst it does satisfy a creative urge, it can never come close to the emotional connection and responses that music emote in me. Recent days spent with headphones and my MP3 player have me on the verge of propelling myself into some musical journey and exactly what that is I am not sure right now but I am filled with excitement and overwhelming sense of promise.
My final observation is this: even with a strong resolve to travel some undiscovered musical road, I still feel the ‘coding’ drug flowing through my veins. I am, I code, I live, I die.
