Yosemite Sue's Journal: Old habits?

I check Slashdot every day. It's one of a handful of sites that I regularly read. Every now and again - like today - it occurs to me that I'm not really a techie-geek like I was before. (Still a geek, but more of a science geek again.)

It's been almost a year since I changed jobs, going from bioinformatics work to lecturing (and advising students, along with other administrative type stuff). The only thing that I've programmed lately is a quick-and-dirty JavaScript GPA calculator to help me when I am advising students. (It does work quite nicely ... and I have to wonder why someone else hasn't made such a tool and provided it to advisors ... But that's another rant.) I've done some webpage stuff, but always just to get information out to students, nothing fancy. The only database I've used in the past year is FileMaker Pro ... it does what I need it to do, and it's compatible with the other faculty that I share data with. People call on me to "fix" their computers, and I know enough so that the faculty tech support people frustrate the hell out of me. Still, I fear that I've lost my computer geek status. (Ooh, the cachet!)

Admittedly, it's been a crazy year with long hours, and lots of learning on my part. (Not complaining - I am enjoying my work more than I ever have in any other job!) Perhaps next year things will be easier, and I can get back to programming as a hobby.

In some ways, reading /. is an old habit. Not a terrible habit, as far as habits go. Mind you, more and more these days, I find myself spending time reading user journals that cover all sorts of topics, not just technical.

Geek Powah

[LPetrazickis]

My current job is scrolling through through a flatfile Excel database. What we do doesn't matter. We are geeks at heart and geeks we shall remain.

Stay strong and have fun.;)