comment stolen from the previous long post

[juldea]

This is from the comments to last night's ranty post... I felt that it needed to put out here too!

...but what many people are missing about this post is not that I'm saying, "Waaaah, this thing is hard and scary and I have a hard time doing it!" but rather, "Huh... not only is this thing hard/scary/difficult - I actually enjoy the other thing more."

The post was about how I must be weird because I like being given instructions and following them! But hey, so I'm weird - so what? That's me. Now just to find places where I can flourish. :)

Comments

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Libraries - especially cataloging and classification.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

*adds "Library Sciences" to her list of things to possibly go back to school for*

Thanks. :)

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Warning: I know lots of unemployed librarians in the Boston area. Yes, we have lots of libraries here, and hence a lot of demand. But we have even more supply.

Hypothetically, you could move, but that would be very unfortunate from my point of view.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the warning. :)

[descant.livejournal.com]

Just goes to show how attentive we are when we're reading, right? XD

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well, y'know, I wrote it while really tired too. ;)

[kobold.livejournal.com]

*lays eggs in your cats' stomachs, for no real reason

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Did you just fuck my cats? Dammit Randy!

[kobold.livejournal.com]

Fuck? No.


Fuck up? Maybe.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

At least tell me their carcasses were used for an appropriate satanic ritual.

[kobold.livejournal.com]

I only needed Pixel. Matrix did that cute thing - so she lives.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That one cute thing she does. Just the one. ;)

[ratbastrd.livejournal.com]

I don't think I lknow you well enough to make the first comment that leapt to my find. Okay, maybe the first several...

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Believe me - you can.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well, okay, maybe not in this (public) thread. ;)

[ratbastrd.livejournal.com]

Okay, so noted O:)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

*points at AIM*

[karlean7.livejournal.com]

...

Oh my god. That TOTALLY explains it.

[anitra.livejournal.com]

I'm totally with you on that... I think it's why I enjoyed studying Computer Science so much.

It's also why I generally do well in my job as a web developer, but not so well when I try to make hobby websites. At work, I am handed a design/mock-up/partial-imlementation plus a list of functions that need to be there. I basically examine a number of patterns and combine them together, and end up with a finished product.

But when I try to design a site, my mind goes blank. I don't know how to come up with a good design from scratch. It's something that gets better with practice, certainly; but for the effort, it's so much more fulfilling to finish something that's incomplete.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

*scribbles down "web developer" on the list*

Another one for the list

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Database Manager. I had this job for a few years, on and off. Kinda fell into it, mostly as a result of the l33t Excel skills I demonstrated as a temp. You seem to have (and enjoy) similar skills, so I expect you could probably do database work as well.

Re: Another one for the list

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Describe more?

Re: Another one for the list

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Managing large amounts of data, often including creating and structuring databases to hold it. Producing reports that tell management what the data says. Handling mailing lists, but at bigger size and a higher level of complexity than standard admin asst. Excel isn't the best tool for big jobs, but it's ubiquitous, so a lot of small-to-medium jobs end up utilizing it. MS Access is slightly higher end, though it has many typical MS problems (bugs, security holes, etc.) If you go through a temping period, it's well worth your while to learn Access.

Re: Another one for the list

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I intend to learn a little bit of Access sometime... thanks. :)