Comments on: What do you do while you’re at work? http://watchmakingblog.com/2009/01/07/what-do-you-do-while-youre-at-work/ A mechanical watchmaker in a digital world Fri, 18 May 2012 18:45:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: J.Edwards http://watchmakingblog.com/2009/01/07/what-do-you-do-while-youre-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4567 J.Edwards Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:22:18 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=690#comment-4567 I find it neat that you program as well. I stepped off of a very similar career path before deciding to become a watchmaker. I was pursuing interactive multimedia design and I found it would consume me. My mind would still be racing with code when my head hit the pillow at night and I'd often wake up with solutions to coding and design problems in the middle of the night. In the shower, while eating a bowl of cheerios, taking a walk, you name it. I ate, slept, and breathed code and imagery. The thing I love about watchmaking, is that when I leave work, I leave my work at work. Mind you, coding still gets the best of me at times. What do I think of at work? Recently, mostly about how much more environmentally conscious the manufacturing of quartz watches ought to be annnd why on earth so many "high end" watch companies still use pin regulators. I find it neat that you program as well. I stepped off of a very similar career path before deciding to become a watchmaker. I was pursuing interactive multimedia design and I found it would consume me. My mind would still be racing with code when my head hit the pillow at night and I’d often wake up with solutions to coding and design problems in the middle of the night. In the shower, while eating a bowl of cheerios, taking a walk, you name it. I ate, slept, and breathed code and imagery. The thing I love about watchmaking, is that when I leave work, I leave my work at work. Mind you, coding still gets the best of me at times.

What do I think of at work? Recently, mostly about how much more environmentally conscious the manufacturing of quartz watches ought to be annnd why on earth so many “high end” watch companies still use pin regulators.

]]> By: Steve http://watchmakingblog.com/2009/01/07/what-do-you-do-while-youre-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4563 Steve Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:51:21 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=690#comment-4563 At work I am constantly jumping from task to task, so I am almost never in deep concentration, but I am able to think about everything under the sun -- work, life, the weather, my next watch purchase :), etc etc. Unfortunately, due to the constant interruption I can never keep one thought for very long. At work I am constantly jumping from task to task, so I am almost never in deep concentration, but I am able to think about everything under the sun — work, life, the weather, my next watch purchase :) , etc etc. Unfortunately, due to the constant interruption I can never keep one thought for very long.

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