Day 17 in NoJoMo 2013

Still working this, and that I haven't missed one sort of implies that I'll finish.

How do I do that?

What characteristics define you and make you unique?

I think I am good at improvising -- finding an effective solution to get past whatever roadblocks I'm facing.

Professionally, right now, I'm precluded from doing that. It's not just my pedestrian job title (and the abysmal salary that goes along with it). No, I've been given practically nothing to work with, and even less time to work.

In many of my previous jobs, I found simple ways to solve complicated problems without spending a shitton of money. Here, I'm not allowed to do that. I'm not allowed to be a hacker, much less apply proper engineering technique to that.

No, I'd be better if I had a laundry list of store-bought letters after my name, and zero proven successes.