Will Hines Dot Net

Three things I’ve learned the hard way. Tagged by Latham.

1. Don’t ever upload a major change to a financial company’s web site at the end of a working day, especially Friday. Your client is a dick, and will phone you all night. Do the change in the morning, or really late like midnight — so the calls don’t come in until you’ve gotten a good night’s sleep.

2. Always do something nice for Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t matter if the relationship is just starting, or if you know it’s all gonna crash and burn a week later. I once got a girl that I had been seeing a long time just a candy bar — knowing that I was doing practically nothing, because I was mad. It’s a ridiculous holiday but not worth doing something that makes you feel like a dick for ten years.

3. Being able to play “The Moonlight Sonata” does not impress girls.