When I was a software developer the most productive time was in the evenings and I would sip on beer or wine and code for 5-6 hours straight. I might drink 6 light beers but it was over 7 hours. It allowed me to drop into the deep focus zone and not worry about all the extra stuff. Going to work was just for meetings. All programmers I knew used to program at night on their own time.
TLDR: OP brags about career in IT, (BFD!) WARNING: Old F*$@ reminiscing about long-ago successes in professional career. Feel free to bypass reading this crap.
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I started my IT career as a developer (we called ourselves "programmers" back then). I cannot imagine coding while consuming even moderate amounts of alcohol. No, I didn't work evenings into the night. I programmed during work hours.
I started programming a Texas Instruments SR-70 programmable calculator to do insurance rating. I was mediocre at best. But I learned how to think. My next job, I was less than honest when I said in the interview that I knew Basic language. But I learned it very quickly. At that job, we migrated to COBOL. I took to it like ducks to water.
I believe I have a somewhat unique distinction: of the approximately (estimated) 1200 programs I wrote or modified, I can honestly say that there was NEVER a bug reported against anything I promoted to production. No bugs.
I was fast and accurate. In my second stint at COBOL programming, we were coding a General Ledger system for vertical markets. We had a team of a senior project manager, and two junior programmers, of which I was one. We had 12 weeks to complete the code.
The PM assigned most of the complex programs to himself, and gave my junior colleague and myself "easier" programs to write. I finished mine quickly. I took on some of the programs of the other junior programmer. I finished those. I took on programs assigned to the PM. I finished those.
In all, we completed the project in less than six weeks, half the scheduled time. I completed about 80% of the programs. Zero bugs.
I then moved into a much larger organization, programming and supporting an Order Management system. DOS/MVS JCL, COBOL, CICS, Informix database. Same story: no reported bugs in anything I submitted and got promoted to production. I became the database administrator. Much maintenance. Never a reported problem.
Went up the management side, moved away from bits-and-bytes technology, then became a certified Project Manager (I'm a pimp! PMP)
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I cannot imagine doing any of this work with any alcohol or weed. I asked the original question because from my frame of reference, I am suspect of those who claim they play better baked or buzzed, although I am open to entertaining the effect of relaxation afforded by weed an alcohol in moderation on a physical/mental endeavor such as pool. Still, I wonder if SVB, Efren, or Earl, played their top form buzzed or baked. I cannot imagine the answer is yes but I'm willing to accept this from those who claim thusly.
