Comments on: Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for Contemplation http://smr.absono.us/2009/10/failing-a-very-difficult-piece-for-contemplation/ karaoke mind control Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:15:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin Marshall http://smr.absono.us/2009/10/failing-a-very-difficult-piece-for-contemplation/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Kevin Marshall Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:33:25 +0000 http://smr.absono.us/?p=522#comment-662 for what it's worth, I fail on about 9 out of 10 things on any given day...but I forget the failures quick and generally only celebrate the 1 win...and whenever possible I try to pull off at least 100 things a day (so I can fit in 10 whole wins!)<br><br>Still I think it's built into a techie's DNA to live life on a bit of an emotional roller coaster...as I'm often up when I solve a problem and then almost immediately crushed when, five seconds later, I realize a thousand other people have already solved the very same problem (and in what appears to be infinitely better, smarter, ways).<br><br>Anyway - point is I feel for you...and I'm more or less in the same boat...so if/when you figure out the next move...keep me in mind too! ;-) for what it's worth, I fail on about 9 out of 10 things on any given day…but I forget the failures quick and generally only celebrate the 1 win…and whenever possible I try to pull off at least 100 things a day (so I can fit in 10 whole wins!)

Still I think it's built into a techie's DNA to live life on a bit of an emotional roller coaster…as I'm often up when I solve a problem and then almost immediately crushed when, five seconds later, I realize a thousand other people have already solved the very same problem (and in what appears to be infinitely better, smarter, ways).

Anyway – point is I feel for you…and I'm more or less in the same boat…so if/when you figure out the next move…keep me in mind too! ;-)

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