Foundation and Swearing

I’ve found it useful to harness anger. Swearing works. Can I build a foundation on it?

There’s a separate post coming on the lunatic fringes of procurement types who dictate standards while failing to follow them themselves, but that’s for another day. Probably next week.

The thing I wanted to cover this week is the basis of all good progress - being pissed off enough about something to do something about it; or harness that energy in other fruitful ways. I wrote something recently about the relativity of anger levels versus the designed solution and the maintenance of fury needed to keep the solution going; but realised recently (while angry about something, of course) that there is an alternate.

Channel the anger into something else.

Yes, Yes, that’s all very meaningful in the most mealy mouthed way possible - but the point I’m so haphazardly trying to make is that anger can be used in so many constructive ways! And it’s easy to recognise - when I’m pacing my office, using phrases like “what the absolute fuck is this?” or “these fucking idiots can’t organise their way out of a paper bag!” then it’s time to find a quick and dirty solution that I can quickly put in place.

And that, my friends, is AI. And swearing.

Swearing is a beautiful way to express anger and maintain a level of productivity. Swearing isn’t only an expression; it’s a circular method of keeping boiling determination going while a solution is being composed. Couple that with the inherent servitude of AI and the speed at which it lavishly follows your instruction - and thanks also to substantial practice - I can knock off the most tedious of tasks with just the smallest amount of frustration, harnessed through the expressions I use in my office that are not suitable for kids and frequently use the work ‘fuck’.

It’s fucking great!

I’m trying to make a point here, and as usual I’m writing this late and tired - but the point is clear.

Spend money on a decent AI toolset. Don’t fuck about with the free stuff; this is an investment. Then channel all the drudge work and bullshit through that model - get it to handle filing, and research, and compiling drafts, building tools - really use the bloody thing.

Spend enough time doing that, and you’ll quickly master the art of getting a clear instruction in a few paragraphs that will return dividends in the speed of work you can get done. My agent? he’s writtens tens of thousands of draft words, saved me days of work, and put me in a position where I can actually do the work I enjoy.

Bloody perfect.

The only thing I can’t get the agent to do is properly represent me on LinkedIn, and goddamn it I need to start doing that shortly.

The thought of it makes me so… so… angry.