It\u2019s crunch time in the labs.<\/p>\n
Crunch – there it is again.<\/p>\n
Crunch. Mmmmm. This pizza is really good. It\u2019s Monday and work is still continuing in the part IV labs, despite it being past 10 o\u2019clock in the evening. There are some things you only ever learn doing a GDP, and it\u2019s easy to catch out the project makers from the project fakers. For example, a faker won\u2019t know that the main doors lock between the hours of 2300 and 0800. They won\u2019t know about the late-night security guard with a penchant for watching cheesy movies on his portable DVD player, and they certainly won\u2019t know that Domino\u2019s pizza will accept \u201cECS labs\u201d as a valid takeaway location, which brings me back to this lovely pizza. Crunch.<\/p>\n
Some of you readers might just be wondering what I (Hugh) am doing at work this late on a Monday night, especially when Jesters nightclub serves beer at 50p a pint until the early hours of the morning. Well, we have exactly 230 hours until our final report has to be in. Yes, that\u2019s 24,000 words on a device that we\u2019ve not even finished building yet. Hopefully now you\u2019ll begin to see why I\u2019m mixing every single activity with GDP\u2019ing. Crunch.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just about deadlines though. There are certain freedoms we can afford that the 9-5\u2019ers just can\u2019t ever enjoy. There\u2019s always more space in the labs, and a much more relaxed atmosphere. Nobody minds if you take your shoes off, kick your feet out and vegetate for a while. Plus you get to escape the endless thud of bulldozers outside as they tear at the skeletal remains of the Mountbatten building, busily creating a future for those of you lucky enough to make it into this department. Still, I\u2019d better dash.
\nMy pizza\u2019s almost finished and I have another 5,676 words to write on the benefits of the I2C bus. G\u2019night! Crunch\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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