Up at 5AM: The 5AM Solutions Blog

5AMers think about software. A lot.

The clock shows a minute past noon. The stragglers of a steady stream of 5AMers finish sneaking in the conference room door and quickly take their seats. Someone dims the lights while another finishes pulling the shades. A hush comes over the room. “Everybody ready?” Nods answer. A mouse cursor clicks the play button. The frozen bespectacled figure on the projector screen comes to life. In a stern voice, he declares, “Integrated tests are a scam – a self-replicating virus that invades your projects! It threatens to destroy your codebase, to destroy your sanity, to destroy your life.” Another 5AM Tech Talk begins…

I think that Confucius said it best, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” When I wake up in the morning, I think what is going on at 5AM today? There are many reasons that I love working at 5AM; however, I decided to limit this post to 3 reasons.