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I wake up at 7:00 and hit snooze until about 7:40 when I finally get up and take a quick shower. I throw on some clothes and make a ten minute commute to work. I walk through several hallways before I finally make it to my office – a converted board room I share with 5 other programmers of varying skill levels. I sit down and resume the work I left off with the day before – creating Java wrappers to a C++ API that preforms credit card and gift card verification for my employer's web store. My compiler is complaining about incompatibilities and I slowly work though them until at long last...things build correctly. I suddenly realize it's already past lunch, so I take off and enjoy my hour break. I go to Subway and get a nice big sandwich. I return five to ten minutes late. I don't worry about lagging behind a little because I know I'll probably lose track of time and stay an hour later than I'm supposed to. My efforts return to the Java and C++, and making them communicate with one another. 5:00 slips by and the building starts to empty, but I don't notice. Around six my boss walks in and I start to discuss the various problems I've encountered. He offers suggestions and we discuss various approaches to the challenges the day has presented to us. 7:00 rolls around and I feel like I could just sit here and keep on going, but I know I need to go. I leave the building, thanking god for giving me a place where I can direct my energy, a place where I can learn, a place where I can discover, and reach, my potential.
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