WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Honestly, I kid. I know I've been doing a lot of complaining lately ... and in my defense I have been pretty stressed. This is a huge responsibility, and I take it very seriously. I'm enamored by the idea behind the site. I'm in love with the design. I seriously can't wait to forward the link around to everyone and get their reaction. I have been given many resources and freedoms as far as the development process, and that means so much to me. All in all I can't wait to step back and say "F-yeah, I did that." That being said, and I'm sure that many of you have been at this point in your development careers.
As I've discussed I'm a n00b. I started out with a SQL focus about 6 years ago. Dabbled a bit in VB. I have been doing ASP.NET/C# for about 2.5 years now. So, developing an application of this magnitude has been a rocky, rocky road. I've had a lot of support, but even now during crunch time, I'm exhausted. In a good way? I imagine this is how you feel when giving birth (if even one guy emails me that giving birth "is not that hard" I'm flipping the heck out. Men always say this and should never EVER no matter what your wife tells you.) I imagine this is like that part where it is most painful and almost over. I have one page left to develop. It's a doozy. I have some loose ends to tie up on 3 others. November 1st is my Alpha deadline. Then December 1st for Beta.
Tonight I am getting a decent night's sleep. I left earlier than usual. However, lately not so much. Again, I'm not complaining! This will all be worth it in the end, such an accomplishment for myself. I'm so excited.
Any words of support or advice from people who have been here are much appreciated. Any words of "HOLY CRAP YOU STILL HAVE A WHOLE PAGE" will be greated with sobs.
What am I struggling with? Well, how to load my images and store them related to certain records (using LINQ for objects thus far). Allowing users to upload video. I'm using s3, but I have to build an interface (along with consultant) for uploads. I have found a consultant to do the import from File Maker Pro who is versed in SQL Server 2005 and FMP which is hard to find, however, I worry about how he will do and his speed. I'm worried that I wont get the last page done in time. I worry that I'll never end this post and get some sleep...lol... so, if you want to know what I will be dreaming of you got it.
Anyway, good night, all.
Sara
Having just witnessed the birth process, I hope you are not at any point within it. From my witness, its painful, grueling and takes freaking forever, and unfortunately there are no deadlines so it just continues. I would never say that its not painful, the look on my wifes face said it all, omg that was pain.
ReplyDeleteStoring images on disk and paths in db right? If you go with a similar model on video, I think you will be quite flexible to put them pretty much anywhere, s3, msn's thing, both even.
It's not pain.... Just kidding. I know exactly where you are at this point in your mind, you see a fast aproaching deadline and there is still stuff to complete. But everything you are feeling is totally normal, every project manager feels this end of the project pinch. I am not going to tell you the presure is going to get easier it won't, until after it is placed on the production server and opened up for the world.
ReplyDeleteBut it seems like you are doing everything right so you should be fine in the end.
Once you get done with this project it will be a great shining section on your resume. And you'd definately be proud of what you've accomplished. When I was in college I did part-time consulting to pay the bills and my first project was a C++ military application. I didn't really know C++ that well much less anything that had to do with desktop Windows programming using MFC. Anyhow I spent a lot of time buying and reading books about Windows programming, learning all that I could while at the same time trying to complete the project on time. I think I finished around the deadline but was completely exhausted, but in the end I was very happy since it was the first large project I completed and it was a cool application also. My grades suffered though, but I had to pay the tuition somehow. Looking back, I'd do it all over again despite how much it almost killed me.
ReplyDeleteStick with it and just plow through that last page and those other loose ends. Everything will be alright and you'll feel like a massive weight has been lifted off your shoulders. After you get done with the first project and a complete project lifecycle the next ones will be easier.
Good luck!
Merci beaucoup! D'une certaine manière mon ordinateur a mangé le fichier. exe ou quelque chose et Compusol a pris mon argent, mais m'a envoyé aucun mot de passe. Merci encore!
ReplyDeleteIncome disparity can breed a healthy sense of competition.
ReplyDeleteThere is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
ReplyDeleteThere is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
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