Yep, I think that is a big part of it. Anymore a farmer has to be a part time vet, chemist, metallurgist, botanist, entymologist, accountant, and speak more than one language.

But for the rest of us poor sods, sitting at the desk flogging on the chiclets and staring at the increasingly smaller fine print can create some real problems.

I know that when I am trying to build a monster schedule in a tight deadline, it gets to the point after 5 or 6 thousand lines of code where I just about can't sit still anymore. It is odd how twitchy and knotted up I can get from just sitting here trying to think as fast as possible. One of my most undesirable sensations indeed. My breathing even gets erratic, I tend to hold my breath when my rate of work goes to full-tilt-bozo mode.