James's Weblog

A few weeks ago, one of my coworkers complained about doing maintenance on a project that he had moved away from. I told him that authoring code is like having a child: you can’t say you’re tired of it and abandon it. If you brought it into this world, you should take some responsibility for it. If you’re not prepared to do that, don’t have that baby.

I was joking, of course, but perhaps it’s not a completely ridiculous comparison (although I suspect that my friends who are actual parents might disagree).

Today marks my eight year anniversary at VMware. For those past 8 years, I’ve spent 40 hours per week (well, probably more) developing VMware Workstation, watching it grow and trying to imbue it with whatever knowledge I have. A number of people tell me that I’ve been at VMware for too long and should move on, but I’m not ready to let go yet.