{"id":141,"date":"2007-09-06T15:53:38","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T23:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/06\/facial-hair-as-a-measure-of-coding-progress\/"},"modified":"2007-09-07T19:42:38","modified_gmt":"2007-09-08T03:42:38","slug":"facial-hair-as-a-measure-of-coding-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/06\/facial-hair-as-a-measure-of-coding-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Facial hair as a measure of coding progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not sure if I’m the only programmer who does this, but I often use my facial hair as a visual indicator of how long I’ve been working on a project. I typically employ this technique on short projects with a lot to accomplish and little time to do it in. For example, yesterday I finished a project that was originally scheduled for about 3 full weeks. After week one we figured out that the deadline was 2 days before we thought, so we lost 2 days off the last 2 weeks, which is a fairly substantial portion of time on such a small timeframe (and don’t forget to add in labor day weekend festivities). So the shaving stopped (showering continued on a sporadic basis). Honestly, when you’re in a time crunch there simply aren’t enough seconds in the day to shave. And I like being able to look in the mirror and have a visual representation of the work I’ve been doing. An added benefit is the refreshing feeling that comes after work is done and the scruff is removed. Ahhhh, vacation time…<\/p>\n

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P.S. Yes, that’s just under two weeks of hair growth, my facial hair is pathetic, I can’t grow a real beard. You can stop making fun of me now.
\nP.P.S. I swear I’m going to get back to Flex related posts soon. There’s gonna be a bunch of flexlib updates coming. w00t<\/p>\n

[UPDATE]<\/strong> Tink and Ben Stucki posted WAY better examples than my own. I had to share. If you’ve got anything better post a link in the comments.<\/p>\n

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