So there you have it, a fairly typical rundown of what my work day is like. Today was slightly atypical in that I didn’t have has many meetings as I would normally have. Other than that, it’s pretty standard and clearly not-too-exciting. I have an office staff meeting that I have to attend, and then…

The updated data model is now completed. I have to upload it to the project site and then send an email to some people letting them know that the model is available if they want to look at it, but it went pretty quickly (I did the updates in about an hour). Because I have…

Back to work. I managed to read for half an hour and then slept for close to half an hour at lunch, which is about average for me. That mid-day nap makes a big difference in my energy level for the rest of the day. I’ve been doing it for years and years now, and…

Okay, the bulk of the changes related to the employee ID are now complete. I just ran a quick test and was able to pull up a project summary in the web interface, which is a big step with regard to these changes. The last major step was to run a SQL script that would…

Sometimes, software development is like surgery. I am in the middle of code changes that will allow the use of the proper employee ID as the main identifier for people. There are multiple steps involved. First, I had to change all fields in the database that referred to PersonID and were integers to the new…

9 AM. I spent the bulk of the last two hours in a meeting and now have time to get started on the conversion of the ID number in the project system. I usually check my email once an hour, on the hour, rather than keep email open throughout the day. This prevents distraction and…