Frustrating:
Iterative and empirical processes where you don't know if you have the best answer or the right answer until you've gone through all permutations.
Josh, I'll contract your personal company. Build me a pipe modeling and sizing program that actually works and highlights the path of greatest friction.
Dear UF Financial Aid Department,
In the future please refrain from titling e-mails "Our Sincere Apologies" the week before a semester starts. That's not cool.
Sincerely,
A Recently Panic Ridden Student
A question or two:
- How many of you spend the majority of your workday in front of a computer workstation connected to the Internet?
- How often do you use the Internet for work purposes? How often for non-work purposes (checking personal email, online banking, stock market trading, Facebook, etc.)?
- How often are you connected to a service (web site, or otherwise) that maintains a constant connection to an external server (Gmail Chat, AIM, Facebook, any web site that can update itself without your refreshing of the page)?
- Does your workplace have policies against using computers for personal endeavors? Do they enforce them? If so, have you "gotten caught" at some point?
