Update #29

So since the last update post it has been almost 2 weeks.

This last weekend was my sisters graduation so I went home. I was there for less than 48 hours but I did a bunch. sat when I got home I went to one of my friends grad party where I got to see a bunch of my friends. I hung out there for a while then went home and fell asleep. the next day was my sisters graduation followed by her party. It was nice. I got to see family and friends. I got to catch up with people that I haven't seen or talked to in months or years.

Going back further, I have continued to climb and will eventually get more pictures and videos up. I haven't done anything really special for a while. I've continued to work on the routes I've been on. I started working on a V5 climbing route. It will be the first V5 I've done once I finish it. that will probably be a few weeks though.

I've continued reading a bunch. I've gone through 2 books and will finish a 3rd in a day or two. the first was about learning and used neuroscience and psychology to give different ways to learn or approach learning and thinking. the second was about management. I thought it was going to be a low level management book but it ended up being about a midlevel manager. I learned a few different things from there about how to manage people and stuff but since it was slightly higher than anything I will reach soon (or will ever want to be). I have always figured I would end up in some management position. this book made me realize that if this happens I will essentially need to give up my technical job. then I realized that that would mean no going back. once you leave the field you fall behind and it is hard to get back in. its so quick pace that if I were to go to even a mid level management job I would really need to give up programming professionally. now this may not be true in the gaming industry but it probably is. so this is a desision I'll need to make somewhere in my career. I'll see where I am when I get there.

I've been keeping up with those iTunes classes. every tuesday and thursday night at 10 i'm watching a lecture on calculus.

Jobs have been good. the UN one did testing this week where we tested the story, art, and design concepts. it was interesting and intensely fast paced but fun and I got to see people play stuff I made, that was kinda cool.

sorry this was consise but I've got a bunch to do and I need to get to it. just trying to get people filled in.