work: 11 months!

hi all! we have miraculously made it to the 11 month mark! and i still have no new news about myself or changes in how i feel about my job, etc, etc. i am however upset at the fact that my cohort and partner in crime S has been kicked off our project while other people who are continually making a lot of mistakes and not fixing them themselves still remain. anyway, so S is now looking into other job options (new project, career, and school), which is kind of sad. also two more of my friends have recently quit. the two guys from my first project that i believe i mentioned were the 'a little bit experienced people from our office' or something to that effect...they found better jobs elsewhere. actually one of them told me about two months ago that he wasn't sure if he'd still be with us by the time may rolled around, and what do you know? and the other, well it was actually a surprise to me and i didn't think he was actively pursuing something else. but what can i say, our office is a revolving door and everyone has similar yet vastly different experiences coming in and out of our office. a third person who joined our office in january in my functional area also recently quit. the contract for client they originally had him lined up for fell through or something and he--for whatever reason--couldn't join our project. so he found a better paying job elsewhere, doing something more aligned with his interests and degree. so... i'm glad for everyone...but S... that they're seeing all the sides of our office (which i'm pretty sure our office is not very telling of our company as a whole) and bailing as soon as they are able.

anyway, like i said, i haven't had any real changes in my attitude about my job aside from the people i mentioned above who can't do their own stuff. i probably haven't really mentioned it on here, but recently i was talking to one of my friends who quit in march. and i was telling him, that this project is taking over my life. like i have no work-life separation anymore because i literally am dreaming about code. and he tells me, hey that's the sign of a good developer there! and that's got me thinking, i never ever thought that i'd be programming my whole life. realistically idk what i even want to do (ain't that the truth no matter what age you are!) but at the same time, i am comfortable and ok with where i am. yes things are still hectic because i'm new, but i'm actually learning things at a very fast pace relative to others. and as i said last time, i'm becoming increasingly more capable of answering the newer guys' questions. a couple weeks ago, i met with my manager for like a quarterly progress thing and he said he's been hearing good things about me from the client. that they're impressed that i'm learning everything so fast in such a short period of time (4 months!) since my functional area is relatively new tech (a few years in the States), and i didn't know java really (still don't totally, lol). so that was super exciting to hear, especially after one of my project leads told me that himself a few weeks before then too.

anywho, that's how things are going for me. hopefully you guys out there are doing well too! ~Lin-chan ^.~

random sidenote: i keep getting two songs stuck in my head lately..like nearly every day. and they're not like the best things ever, but idk. panic at the disco don't threaten me with a good time and falling in reverse good girls bad guys.

edit: by the way, did i mention that i chopped my hair off last month? i mean i posted it on instagram and my april hauls, ipsy, and sephora play! posts should have been telling, but that was ponytail #4 going to locks of love!