I am always happy when I am creating. I am always happy when I am writing software. Even in the worst environments, at the end of the day, I am getting paid to do what I love. I get paid to do what I do when I’m not getting paid.

This post was more of a what I look for when I look. These aren’t hard and fast rules and there is balance and trade offs for everything, but I am the type who will take a lower salary or a less convenient commute to work at place that meets more of the “requirements”.

Hopefully you can compromise and find something that gives you at least one or two of your “requirements.”

However, the only likely way you will fulfill all of these is to work for yourself.

Although I hear hitting yourself on the head with a hammer might reintroduce youthful enthusiasm and ambition.

Honestly though, try not to put your expectations into something else. Only you can feel refreshed, excited, and what-have-you about what it is you do. Whether that’s making yet another Internet frob or developing QA software for medical calibration devices, the work itself isn’t fulfilling. It’s only fulfilling if you feel fulfilled.

[source language='python']
from sqlalchemy.orm.util import object_mapper
from sqlalchemy.orm.properties import ColumnProperty, RelationProperty

class MappedClass(Base):
…
def properties(self):
propdict = {}
for prop in object_mapper(self).iterate_properties:
if isinstance(prop, (ColumnProperty)) or
isinstance(prop, RelationProperty) and prop.secondary:
propdict[prop.key] = getattr(self, prop.key)
[/source]

Here is the solution if you are using MVC:

[OutputCache(Duration = 0, VaryByParam = "None")]

http://daomingworks.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/jquery-getjson-data-has-been-cached/