I like being a manager. But I don’t know whether it is such a good idea of being one here at Markit.
The product we’re working on is a really complex and challenging one. It works, with occasional issues, but trying to make changes to it and trying to make it better is proving to be a difficult task. It might even be an impossible one.
But in either case, I think I am starting to like the position more and more. There is something to being a manager that is really cool. It’s just that I don’t have time for anything. Reallty! I am so inclined to do work on the projects that I am in charge of that it is taking all of my time off.
I think I have to change that, eventually.
I want to have a job where I’m not stressing all the time. There is going to be some stress occasionally. But I have to make sure it is just an occasional stress. If it is persistent, then maybe it’s not a good job for me. So far, I have handled it OK, and the stress has been occasional, which is good.
I have to make time to practice new technologies. I still read for an hour at home everyday. I have to find time to put some of that knowledge to actual use at work and at home. Otherwise I am not going to learn. I can’t allow that.
I think things will settle down. I think I will have more time to relax and more time for my own development tasks. And at that time, I am going to enjoy it even more!