Why is it that creativity or my ability to pursue other interests is stifled by working? I noticed that my productivity (in the blog sense) went through the floor when I was working at Microsoft (contract ended last week, now have to take the mandatory 100-day break).
Very weird that there is an inverse relationship. Maybe it was the type of job - one that didn't foster my creativity at all. Not in the conventional sense anyway. I managed to solve problems creatively ("think outside the box") but they were generally people and personality-related issues.
I think my next position has to allow me some room to continue to develop creatively. I have interviews with Microsoft probably next week, and I would hope Amazon soon, and there is a very interesting firm in the Bay Area that I've been talking to.
I would love to live in SF again - one of the world's "great" cities - though I would be sad to be further away from my parents.
I need to figure out where I'm going to be soon - I cannot even buy air tickets for visits to friends because I don't know if I'll be leaving from SF or Seattle. I love having the time off, but it's very hard to enjoy it without knowing where I'm going to be in three months.
Time to get back to packing..
Posted by artandscience at December 24, 2005 11:59 AM