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 When Your Day Job is Like BoleroJanuary 22, 2008 at 9:16 AM Have you ever had those moments in your day job when the task at hand seems to go on forever and forever with no end in sight? Then for some reason, Bolero comes to the surface of your mind. The single melody that repeats itself over and over and over again, seemingly never ending. I can't seem to get that tune out of my head at the moment.Over the past week my day job has been like playing Bolero at 20 bpm with repeats for each instrument playing the melody over and over again. Run a program to convert data from one database to another and then wait 19 hours for the encore. Then to make matters worse, having random failures happen every few hours. Then a flurry of activity at the end. Then guess what? Bolero is played all over again from the top so that one instrument learns how to wake up long enough to do their part without mistakes. It is times like these that I wish I wasn't both a musician and a software engineer. I can't stand Bolero!!!!
From Pauline Lerner
I sympathize. I can't stand Bolero either.
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 9:21 AM From Karen Allendoerfer
I actually like Bolero. This sounds more like Sisyphus. Ah, day jobs . . .
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 12:21 PM From Tom Holzman
I also hate Bolero. You have all my sympathy. Be careful that the folk in the white coats do not end up coming to get you and take you away!
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 2:48 PM From Jasmine Reese
I like Bolero when it is played right.
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 4:15 PM From Emily Grossman
I like Bolero. But I also like endless repetitive tasks.
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 10:08 PM From Yixi Zhang
There are moments I do like Bolero, just as those moments repetition makes me feel grounded. If something is good, repeat it. I keep my day job so that I get paid to learn and to live a structured life, and I’m gladly repeating this purpose everyday for as long as I can, why not?
Posted on January 23, 2008 at 12:27 AM From Mendy Smith
I actually ended up having to explain Bolero to my software team (no one got it). After explaining the piece, they started laughing. Ahhhhhh!!!! Sit around and wait forever until you can do your bit, then wait forever again.Posted on January 23, 2008 at 5:58 AM :::humph::: Engineers!
From violetcat (rachel)
Well, Torville and Dean skating to Bolero and getting 6.0s across the board was memorable. Other than that not a huge Bolero fan. I hear you though--so many things in life stand in the way of music as a profession....
Posted on January 24, 2008 at 5:26 AM From Terez Mertes
Oh, this is hilarious! Now I'm going to have "Bolero" in my head, to boot.
Posted on January 24, 2008 at 7:22 PM From PM Chu
LOL, I like Bolero, but I can only listen to it for like 2 minutes...max
Posted on January 26, 2008 at 4:08 AM From Ian S
If I'm not mistaken, Bolero was written as an exercise in orchestration, not as a true concert piece. Ravel was supposedly not pleased with the attention it received.
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