Gravity works
Jun. 5th, 2006 08:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqI was acutely conscious of the pull of gravity this morning. If you ever want to feel tired and heavy, consciously think about gravity, and the amount of energy you spend every day fighting its pull just to perform a simple task like walking.
Mind you, it doesn't help that I typically start off most Mondays with both buttocks dragging the ground as I walk. And speaking of feeling old...
We're going into the final stretch of trying to retire the mail system that we've had here since a few years before I hired on. With the exception of some of our newest employees, everyone in this company is at least passingly familiar with how to use this system in the windowed environment. It's actually a decent full-screen editor that was a few years ahead of its time when it came out. This morning, however, I was using the old, mainframe version of it in a 3270 emulator, and I was struck by the realization that I may be one of a couple dozen people in this company who still know how to use the mainframe version.
I've done my best to keep myself up to date on our latest systems, but this is a striking reminder of my skill set obsolescence. I know far too much about things that are no longer relevant.
Mind you, it doesn't help that I typically start off most Mondays with both buttocks dragging the ground as I walk. And speaking of feeling old...
We're going into the final stretch of trying to retire the mail system that we've had here since a few years before I hired on. With the exception of some of our newest employees, everyone in this company is at least passingly familiar with how to use this system in the windowed environment. It's actually a decent full-screen editor that was a few years ahead of its time when it came out. This morning, however, I was using the old, mainframe version of it in a 3270 emulator, and I was struck by the realization that I may be one of a couple dozen people in this company who still know how to use the mainframe version.
I've done my best to keep myself up to date on our latest systems, but this is a striking reminder of my skill set obsolescence. I know far too much about things that are no longer relevant.
