Mr eel
Pffffft, I.T. Revolution in Australia eh?
I’m quite seriously considering leaving programming and web development. Or at least getting out of the field for a little while. Perhaps go over-seas.
The I.T. industry in Australia sucks.
As someone commented to me recently, so much of it is just selling stuff made elsewhere and as far as software engineering goes that usually just means deployment. There is very little original thought or innovation here. Perhaps in pockets, but by and large it’s all crap.
Being an employee in the industry is arse. Your passion for technology and good craft will get exploited, but too few employers feed that passion. You will be expected to understand complex systems, be able to work autonomously — yet put up with management interference at arbitrary points, at the drop of a hat learn skills outside your original job description and do all this to stupid artificial deadlines.
You will not get paid properly to do this.
Yes, I’m feeling a wee bit bitter. Yes, it’ll probably pass. I’m not usually given to having a public whinge about things like this, but I’m feeling particularly grumpy at the moment.
I guess after a fairly good, long run in the industry I’ve just about hit ‘completely dis-illusioned’.
Bugger :/
EDIT: Alright, I’ve kinda gotten over it. But my criticisms are still valid I believe.
Music in progress - Flake
I was going to post more music as I was working on it, but I got distracted and forgot. But perhaps I’ll try again. I might remember to keep doing it this time. Here is a little something I was working on tonight.