sonofableep

here’s a position i’m not used to being in: engineering waiting on *me*, instead of the other way around.  thanks to the current state of tools & pipeline stuff around here, there’s no more of me going “hey i need to do / want to try something guys!  so, ah, get back to me when you’ve done your half of the work”, and then drumming my fingers on my desk as the weeks go by, waiting to hear back.  now it’s more “hey i need to do / want to try something guys!  so, ah…oh really?  this afternoon?  er, i won’t be done with my half of the work by then…”.

which is awesome.  cuz for better or for worse, all kinds of whims and fancies of mine can be tried out as fast as i can dream them up and puke out sound / music for them.  and if it turns out to be a non-starter, /shrug and move on.  but if it’s a Win, huzzah!  time to iterate and polish the bejesus out of it.

funny thing is, those week-long finger-drumming sessions were the times when i could bear down on something requiring multi-day focus, like writing a piece of music.  now, it’s never a moment’s rest.  guess i’m going to have to start thinking up harder stuff for engineering to engineer, so i’ll be left alone to work in peace.  :)