Detective Kemdi works from home
Apr. 18th, 2020 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coolohohJolly ho! An interesting title for once.
So what have I been up to?
1) playing animal crossing. It's fun. But man, that game makes me sleepy idk why. Too repetitive I guess. So I've not been playing *that* much because it makes me sleepy and unable to do anything much all day, not without a nap at least. Will have to keep game play to the evenings I guess. Played a bit before lunch today and was so sleepy all afternoon I had to take a nap. And yes, I've time traveled, and will continue to so that I can actually get to experience day time in the game... Since after today I'm really just gonna only play at night! It was a nice nap but it was also 3 hours that I could have spent writing, drawing, reading... Or just doing stuff :X
2) I made a simple remake of the 'detective kemdi mini game event' in maplestory mobile. It's like mastermind/codebreaker, but with numbers and slightly tweaked rules. But the game is not the point. The point is that I managed to write some python code from scratch to make the game. The real 'meat' of the code turns out to be way simpler than expected! There's a lot more I could do with the code, but it was a great start and it was FUN! I've always learned best when having fun and that was one really fun little project!
3) Analyzing data!
Got an email and a msg from my boss on thurs afternoon asking for help to check and clean up the code that we would be publishing with the paper - assuming, fingers crossed, that everything goes well and they approve and all. He asked me to help clean up the code, and rerun the analysis on 8 datasets.... The code I did by that night and he sent it out that same day, and got a reply shortly after. Yeah that's what I love about my boss, and makes me willing to work hard for him. And for someone like him, I don't mind it at all. Like, you're in a rush, ok sure I will help. But when I'm done and send it back to you, you jolly well better be responsive and all if not me rushing to complete said task would have been pointless no? That one gripe I had with many of my colleagues/higher ups from my previous jobs. Patient tests results. I rush it out, but they delay approving the results to send to the clinicians... So all the rush I had earlier was in vain. VS the another pathologist who excitedly comes to check on the results, looked at the rt-pcr plot himself and was satisfied, and gave the clinician a preliminary, unofficial heads up sms before the official report came up. And quite frankly the official report would NOT change because all it depends was on the rt-pcr test results, a very straight forward molecular test. Idk whether that early notice helps the clinician, I hope it does... But at least hey, I know someone is interested to know the results and act on it, and it was totally worth the effort getting the results out within the same day because I know my efforts will not be wasted. That makes me very motivated to do the tests for that one guy...
So yeah... My boss is kinda like that. Ok, maybe he doesn't reply sometimes, but I know he's active even at night, checking his emails and stuff after putting his kids to bed presumably. So I know my effort isn't wasted. And he keeps thanking us for our hardwork too. Which is another thing I've hardly ever gotten in all my previous jobs. Not even a word of thanks or acknowledgement. Arghs. Hideous people. I'm not even complaining about the lack of any farewell party/treat/whatever. They didn't even thank me throughout all the time I helped them. Most of them didn't anyway. Didn't even bother to say goodbye, thank you, whatever. Pfft. Wonderful people. -.-''
So well. I was remarking about how cute my boss was thanking us about our hardwork, which admittedly for me wasn't that hard to clean up and test the code. Ok I did have to do some bug troubleshooting and all... It wasn't all that straightforward. But hey he's our boss, we're just doing our jobs, none of my previous supervisors would have bothered thanking me for that and all... (Yes, this is what makes this little boy different)
Then the next moment he talks about the data analysis.
It's not urgent he says.
I just need it by next Tuesday.
It was like 8 or 9pm on Thursday when he sent it.
LOLOLOL. Now that cuteness of his just disappeared in an instant. Geez. I mean, hey, I have no problem doing it for the paper whatsoever. And I knew it was gonna be urgent. But 'due by next tuesday' leaves me with 4 days, weekends included, to do the work. You say that's not urgent? Hello! The previous time I ran the analysis, some datasets look over 20 hours for a single analysis! But I guess this boy knows me too well zzz. I did things differently this time, actually putting in the effort to copy the datasets to the local disk drives instead of just running it from the network, which took way long. That shrunk that huge dataset analysis time to like 8 or 10 hours maybe? At least it was done overnight. I also commandeered two computers for the analysis. So it was a computer-ception. I remoted in to my work PC from my dell lappy (and tried using my iMac to remote in was well). And then my work PC was remoting in to two other computers running the analysis. And I did rush things yesterday and Thurs, basically by staying up till late waiting for the analysis to finish so that I could start another... And I kept a neat little spreadsheet on things this time. Arghs. Digging out the parameters used previously was another agonising experience in itself, blame's entirely on the other postdoc for running the analysis on his external HDs and not copying them to the network drive! Pfft. The stuff I ran was messy as hell too, but at least there was a record of the params I picked. Cleaned that all up now. Digging through all the params and confirming stuff took the entire Friday morning and some more. Gosh. How did I even finish running all 8 datasets by this afternoon? I'm even impressed with myself LOL.
Still glad I rushed it out though. Heck, anything for the paper. It's that important for the lab/my boss, and by extension, for me. Gives us a greater fighting chance for grants and with grants comes the money to keep me employed. Meh. Very complicated situation in my lab, it's quite crazy. I've been in bad situations before, none of my employment situation previous wasn't complicated... But this is hands down the worse. If it wasn't for my boss, I would have booted out of here long ago. Indeed, if it wasn't for him, I don't think anyone else in the group now would be able to hold down the fort... And since my working style is to burn the candle from both ends, I need to make sure I'm burning the candle for all the right reasons. For a worthy project, a worthy PI, a worthy cause... The leader, the person has to be someone I'm able to trust, to see the potential, and to invest in. I don't invest money, but I'm investing my time, my life into the project. So it's really important for me that my work is meaningful - a concept encompassing many different aspects yes - but it's my life I'm talking about here. I can't treat my job any other way. A job is not just a job for me. It's something that I want to spend my time, my effort and my life in. And that's why as I get more time at home now to do art stuff, to learn programming... The less likely I feel that I would stay in science (at least, as a wet lab RO).
There's so much more that I want to do, I want to try. And I'm sure many of you would agree that good bosses, whatever the field, are hard to come by. I could spend years trying to find someone, something worth spending my life on. Or I could attempt to forge my own path, do things my way. I may fall hard, but at least I would be spending my time doing something that I am willing to do. For once, you could say that I would be burning my life for myself. It's not gonna be easy. Far from it. But the rewards would be sweet. Can't say I'm exactly confident, but hey, at least I gotta give it a shot. And this whole work from home period... Man. I'm enjoying it. Not so much the insanely hot and humid weather - I'd definitely invest in revamping the home air-conditioning if I ever make it as an entrepreneur... But I'm quite liking it. Working from home. Looking at computer screens all day and what not. Sure on one hand I do love being in the lab... But as time goes by, I'm liking staying in front of my computer screen more and more. Doing computer work. And doing artsy stuff is nice too.
Well. If I were to be fired right this very moment... The first thing I'd do is start doing more art and posting everything online, trying to build my audience asap. It's still quite impossible for me to make a living off coding. Meh. I'm not at all that good at art either, but I think I can navigate social media and stuff decently enough. Comparing programming and art though, art seems like a much more enjoyable choice. Easier too, in terms of skillz. Idk. It's like, art feels more of a soft skills kinda thing, or just different sort of skills compared to programming. Something that's more welcoming. And I do love making stuff with my hands. Of course I would need some coding here and there, making my own website, implementing shopping carts and all... But those... I can deal with those. Messing around on blogs and stuff is stuff I've been doing for years. Nothing formal but I think I can do that without much trouble. The bar to getting hired as a programmer though, is way higher. Sigh. I would get there eventually I'm sure, as long as I keep at it (again, 3 days since I took the python course, been hard at work on the analysis code and actual analysing ever since I got the notice on Thursday) but I should get back to it tomorrow and keep at it!
See, that's why I don't have time to play animal crossings lol. I might pick it up for a bit later but it'll probably be around 2am by then. Yup. I'm definitely gonna have to tweak the time settings LOL.
Oh wells. It's late, 12:30am already. Time to do some sit ups, bath and then write in my diary. And maybe watch a python video or two... Or maybe I'll leave that till tomorrow.
So what have I been up to?
1) playing animal crossing. It's fun. But man, that game makes me sleepy idk why. Too repetitive I guess. So I've not been playing *that* much because it makes me sleepy and unable to do anything much all day, not without a nap at least. Will have to keep game play to the evenings I guess. Played a bit before lunch today and was so sleepy all afternoon I had to take a nap. And yes, I've time traveled, and will continue to so that I can actually get to experience day time in the game... Since after today I'm really just gonna only play at night! It was a nice nap but it was also 3 hours that I could have spent writing, drawing, reading... Or just doing stuff :X
2) I made a simple remake of the 'detective kemdi mini game event' in maplestory mobile. It's like mastermind/codebreaker, but with numbers and slightly tweaked rules. But the game is not the point. The point is that I managed to write some python code from scratch to make the game. The real 'meat' of the code turns out to be way simpler than expected! There's a lot more I could do with the code, but it was a great start and it was FUN! I've always learned best when having fun and that was one really fun little project!
3) Analyzing data!
Got an email and a msg from my boss on thurs afternoon asking for help to check and clean up the code that we would be publishing with the paper - assuming, fingers crossed, that everything goes well and they approve and all. He asked me to help clean up the code, and rerun the analysis on 8 datasets.... The code I did by that night and he sent it out that same day, and got a reply shortly after. Yeah that's what I love about my boss, and makes me willing to work hard for him. And for someone like him, I don't mind it at all. Like, you're in a rush, ok sure I will help. But when I'm done and send it back to you, you jolly well better be responsive and all if not me rushing to complete said task would have been pointless no? That one gripe I had with many of my colleagues/higher ups from my previous jobs. Patient tests results. I rush it out, but they delay approving the results to send to the clinicians... So all the rush I had earlier was in vain. VS the another pathologist who excitedly comes to check on the results, looked at the rt-pcr plot himself and was satisfied, and gave the clinician a preliminary, unofficial heads up sms before the official report came up. And quite frankly the official report would NOT change because all it depends was on the rt-pcr test results, a very straight forward molecular test. Idk whether that early notice helps the clinician, I hope it does... But at least hey, I know someone is interested to know the results and act on it, and it was totally worth the effort getting the results out within the same day because I know my efforts will not be wasted. That makes me very motivated to do the tests for that one guy...
So yeah... My boss is kinda like that. Ok, maybe he doesn't reply sometimes, but I know he's active even at night, checking his emails and stuff after putting his kids to bed presumably. So I know my effort isn't wasted. And he keeps thanking us for our hardwork too. Which is another thing I've hardly ever gotten in all my previous jobs. Not even a word of thanks or acknowledgement. Arghs. Hideous people. I'm not even complaining about the lack of any farewell party/treat/whatever. They didn't even thank me throughout all the time I helped them. Most of them didn't anyway. Didn't even bother to say goodbye, thank you, whatever. Pfft. Wonderful people. -.-''
So well. I was remarking about how cute my boss was thanking us about our hardwork, which admittedly for me wasn't that hard to clean up and test the code. Ok I did have to do some bug troubleshooting and all... It wasn't all that straightforward. But hey he's our boss, we're just doing our jobs, none of my previous supervisors would have bothered thanking me for that and all... (Yes, this is what makes this little boy different)
Then the next moment he talks about the data analysis.
It's not urgent he says.
I just need it by next Tuesday.
It was like 8 or 9pm on Thursday when he sent it.
LOLOLOL. Now that cuteness of his just disappeared in an instant. Geez. I mean, hey, I have no problem doing it for the paper whatsoever. And I knew it was gonna be urgent. But 'due by next tuesday' leaves me with 4 days, weekends included, to do the work. You say that's not urgent? Hello! The previous time I ran the analysis, some datasets look over 20 hours for a single analysis! But I guess this boy knows me too well zzz. I did things differently this time, actually putting in the effort to copy the datasets to the local disk drives instead of just running it from the network, which took way long. That shrunk that huge dataset analysis time to like 8 or 10 hours maybe? At least it was done overnight. I also commandeered two computers for the analysis. So it was a computer-ception. I remoted in to my work PC from my dell lappy (and tried using my iMac to remote in was well). And then my work PC was remoting in to two other computers running the analysis. And I did rush things yesterday and Thurs, basically by staying up till late waiting for the analysis to finish so that I could start another... And I kept a neat little spreadsheet on things this time. Arghs. Digging out the parameters used previously was another agonising experience in itself, blame's entirely on the other postdoc for running the analysis on his external HDs and not copying them to the network drive! Pfft. The stuff I ran was messy as hell too, but at least there was a record of the params I picked. Cleaned that all up now. Digging through all the params and confirming stuff took the entire Friday morning and some more. Gosh. How did I even finish running all 8 datasets by this afternoon? I'm even impressed with myself LOL.
Still glad I rushed it out though. Heck, anything for the paper. It's that important for the lab/my boss, and by extension, for me. Gives us a greater fighting chance for grants and with grants comes the money to keep me employed. Meh. Very complicated situation in my lab, it's quite crazy. I've been in bad situations before, none of my employment situation previous wasn't complicated... But this is hands down the worse. If it wasn't for my boss, I would have booted out of here long ago. Indeed, if it wasn't for him, I don't think anyone else in the group now would be able to hold down the fort... And since my working style is to burn the candle from both ends, I need to make sure I'm burning the candle for all the right reasons. For a worthy project, a worthy PI, a worthy cause... The leader, the person has to be someone I'm able to trust, to see the potential, and to invest in. I don't invest money, but I'm investing my time, my life into the project. So it's really important for me that my work is meaningful - a concept encompassing many different aspects yes - but it's my life I'm talking about here. I can't treat my job any other way. A job is not just a job for me. It's something that I want to spend my time, my effort and my life in. And that's why as I get more time at home now to do art stuff, to learn programming... The less likely I feel that I would stay in science (at least, as a wet lab RO).
There's so much more that I want to do, I want to try. And I'm sure many of you would agree that good bosses, whatever the field, are hard to come by. I could spend years trying to find someone, something worth spending my life on. Or I could attempt to forge my own path, do things my way. I may fall hard, but at least I would be spending my time doing something that I am willing to do. For once, you could say that I would be burning my life for myself. It's not gonna be easy. Far from it. But the rewards would be sweet. Can't say I'm exactly confident, but hey, at least I gotta give it a shot. And this whole work from home period... Man. I'm enjoying it. Not so much the insanely hot and humid weather - I'd definitely invest in revamping the home air-conditioning if I ever make it as an entrepreneur... But I'm quite liking it. Working from home. Looking at computer screens all day and what not. Sure on one hand I do love being in the lab... But as time goes by, I'm liking staying in front of my computer screen more and more. Doing computer work. And doing artsy stuff is nice too.
Well. If I were to be fired right this very moment... The first thing I'd do is start doing more art and posting everything online, trying to build my audience asap. It's still quite impossible for me to make a living off coding. Meh. I'm not at all that good at art either, but I think I can navigate social media and stuff decently enough. Comparing programming and art though, art seems like a much more enjoyable choice. Easier too, in terms of skillz. Idk. It's like, art feels more of a soft skills kinda thing, or just different sort of skills compared to programming. Something that's more welcoming. And I do love making stuff with my hands. Of course I would need some coding here and there, making my own website, implementing shopping carts and all... But those... I can deal with those. Messing around on blogs and stuff is stuff I've been doing for years. Nothing formal but I think I can do that without much trouble. The bar to getting hired as a programmer though, is way higher. Sigh. I would get there eventually I'm sure, as long as I keep at it (again, 3 days since I took the python course, been hard at work on the analysis code and actual analysing ever since I got the notice on Thursday) but I should get back to it tomorrow and keep at it!
See, that's why I don't have time to play animal crossings lol. I might pick it up for a bit later but it'll probably be around 2am by then. Yup. I'm definitely gonna have to tweak the time settings LOL.
Oh wells. It's late, 12:30am already. Time to do some sit ups, bath and then write in my diary. And maybe watch a python video or two... Or maybe I'll leave that till tomorrow.
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Date: 2020-04-22 06:43 am (UTC)I'm doing great so far, sg just announced an extended 4 more weeks of 'circuit breaker' measures yesterday, and somes shops that were previously allowed to stay open have to be closed, like hairdressers, dessert shops, and drink shops/stalls. Including the singaporean favourite bubble tea shops. Apparently a fight broke out in the mall yesterday at a bubble tea shop. Crazy people. The video showed that it was so crowded too. Yup, that's why we had to have these additional measures and longer 'circuit breaker'.
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Date: 2020-04-22 09:20 am (UTC)