August 11, 2004
My Work Environment
My office is a relaxing place. Subtle background music is played most of the time. A living room is available whenever I want a rest. People leave the office early. In fact, no one stay in the office after 7:00p.m.
But these facts do not necessarily mean that people work less. For example, they work at home. Today, I asked the CEO when he was writing codes. I was wondering how he could come up with new codes every day. He seemed to be working on other things. His replay was that he allocated his time for writing codes at home. This work style is different from that in Japan, where people stay in the office till late, but just relax at home.
My developing environment is awesome. First of all, our software is Windows Server 2003, Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Edition, and SQL Server 2000. This is indeed the latest and the most powerful environment that Microsoft can offer. In addition, our hardware is powerful. I can run our big Web application with no stress. Lastly, our application utilizes the latest programming technology such as DHTML, SQL, VB.NET, and ASP.NET.
When I was searching my position, I did not expect this because my background in professional software development is almost zero. Maybe, I am experiencing an opportunity once in a life time. I must enjoy this.
By the way, I found that the number of my projects increased today. I counted them in the screen. The number turned out to be 28.
I stayed in the office till 9:00pm today. This is my record here. I was a bit nervous when I was going back because my Japanese guide book recommended avoiding going out after dark. But fortunately, I got to my home safely.
Posted by hfuruichi at August 11, 2004 11:15 PM