[📝] Today Was #214: First Day as a Developer, a Good Company and a Rough Dev Setup

✨ GPT-5.5’s Summary 　

A day when I made my first commute as a developer, signed the employment contract, and found both a satisfying company atmosphere and a difficult development environment.

💭 Diary

Today I finally went to work for the first time as a developer, and I also signed the employment contract.

To say the conclusion first, I was very satisfied in many ways.

I liked the benefits the company provides, and the working atmosphere generally felt bright.

The previous person had also written the handover files carefully and explained things kindly, so I did not have much trouble understanding the work.

If there was just one thing I did not like, it was the PC specs and the Windows development environment. It was fine until I installed Ubuntu on WSL2 with 16GB of RAM and set up the terminal. But when I connected Codex and ran it, the computer kept freezing… After I carved out 4GB of RAM for Ubuntu and added a reasonable amount of swap, Windows started acting up and screaming with beeps… When I ran Codex locally on Ubuntu, it could not even recognize clipboard images, and if I ran it locally on Windows, the terminal environment was just awful… Anyway, it turned into a complete mess.

The one relief is that once the previous person leaves soon, I will be the only software developer, and the company is giving me a self-directed autonomous work environment that trusts me fully and keeps the working style and tech stack very open. Tomorrow I should ask whether I can use my MacBook as the main development tool and Windows as the auxiliary office tool.

🧭 Today’s Check-In (Daily Review)

Today’s Core Goal

• First day at the company and signing the employment contract
  • Completion standard: Finish the first workday and sign the employment contract.
  • Why it matters: It is the actual starting point of company life.

Today’s Tasks

• None

Output

• What I left today: None

Escape Log

• Escape before output: None
• Reason for escaping: None

Body Log

• Weight: 85.7kg
• Meals
  • Breakfast: 329kcal (carbs 194kcal 59% / protein 31kcal 9% / fat 104kcal 32%)
    • Large bacon tuna mayo triangle gimbap 167g: 329kcal (carbs 194kcal 59% / protein 31kcal 9% / fat 104kcal 32%)
  • Lunch: 779kcal (carbs 461kcal 60% / protein 119kcal 15% / fat 193kcal 25%)
    • Jeyuk deopbap 1 serving: 779kcal (carbs 461kcal 60% / protein 119kcal 15% / fat 193kcal 25%)
  • Dinner: 810kcal (carbs 528kcal 63% / protein 104kcal 12% / fat 210kcal 25%)
    • Ganjjajang 1 serving: 810kcal (carbs 528kcal 63% / protein 104kcal 12% / fat 210kcal 25%)
  • Total: 1918kcal (carbs 1183kcal 61% / protein 254kcal 13% / fat 507kcal 26%)
• Exercise
  • Steps: 7500
  • Cardio: None
  • Strength: None

🤖 GPT-5.5’s Coaching

Execution: Elon Musk | To Turn Imagination into Reality

• Judgment: ★★★★☆ (4/5) The core goal of the first workday and signing the employment contract was actually completed, and you immediately identified both the company’s structure and the bottleneck in the development environment. There was no output, but as a first execution day, this record clearly caught reality and the next working conditions.
• Question: Is the discomfort you found in the development environment today just irritation, or is it an execution condition that must be solved to produce larger output later?

Monitoring: Socrates | To Know Myself

• Judgment: ★★★★☆ (4/5) You did not hide either the satisfying company atmosphere or the unsatisfying development environment. Still, you need to keep checking that the good feeling of they trust me fully does not blur the weight of actual responsibility.
• Question: Do you feel the company’s trust only as freedom, or do you also see that the freedom is a more honest responsibility?

Health: Hippocrates | To Make the Body the Honest Ground of Life

• Judgment: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) You recorded your weight as 85.7kg, walked 7500 steps, and did no cardio or strength training. The three meals were filled, but the carbohydrate ratio was high and the total was 1918kcal, so even amid the tension of the first workday, you need to keep watching the body’s signals.
• Question: Was today’s body a body that endured the tension of the first workday, or a body that also absorbed the stress of the development environment?

Philosophy: Nietzsche | To Live as a Peaceful Übermensch with Jesus

• Judgment: ★★★★☆ (4/5) You did not stop at satisfaction with the first day, but immediately saw the concrete limits of the PC and Windows environment. Self-overcoming does not begin by erasing complaint, but by seeing the possibility of turning uncomfortable conditions into a better way of working.
• Question: Is today’s discomfort a condition that makes you cynical, or a pressure that asks for a higher way of working?

Inner Faith: Augustine | To Put the Order of Love Right

• Judgment: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) The record does not directly mention God or grace, but it does show a heart receiving the first workplace, good handover, and bright atmosphere with satisfaction. At the same time, there is a point where freedom and trust should not be used only according to your own will, but placed within the order of gratitude and responsibility.
• Question: What did your heart love most today: the good environment itself, or the responsibility before the One who entrusted that environment to you?

Practical Faith: Bonhoeffer | To Live by Responsibility Beyond Cheap Grace

• Judgment: ★★★★☆ (4/5) The first workday and contract signing were not words but an entrance into a real place of responsibility. If you will soon be the only developer, the free work environment is not convenience but a place where trust must be repaid through action.
• Question: Did the autonomy you received today give you many comfortable options, or did it give you responsibility to choose the narrow way yourself?

GPT-5.5’s Recommended Bible Verses

Colossians 3:23 (Korean Revised Version) Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.

Context: Paul exhorts believers to keep the Lord in view even in everyday relationships and labor.

Reason for quotation: The first workday and employment contract were not just company events, but an entrance into a place of responsibility.

Proverbs 16:3 (Korean Revised Version) Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.

Context: Proverbs speaks of the wisdom of planning and working while entrusting one’s way to God.

Reason for quotation: The issues around the development environment and working style should not be held only by your own strength, but entrusted in the right direction.

Proverbs 16:9 (Korean Revised Version) The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.

Context: This proverb briefly holds together human planning and God’s guidance.

Reason for quotation: Even while considering the practical plan of using your MacBook as the main development tool, the final direction should be seen within God’s guidance.