本年度的引擎開發結束了

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這禮拜今年引擎所規劃的開發工作都即將一一被驗收完畢，這套系統從我進公司時從無到有到現在技術一一被實作完畢，從那時剛畢業一無所知到現在可以慢慢獨當一面，我確實從這過程成長了許多。

這套引擎看不到要給誰用，能夠幫上哪個專案。這是讓我感到灰心的...我為了它一個禮拜加了三四天的班，我想要的只是讓台灣知道我們的技術能力，想要乘著這艘船挑戰著世界...但這艘船始終無法啟航。我實在有點無力，熱情一點點被熄滅，現在什麼東西只要有就好了，我已經無法在繼續要求自己再更好了，我對其他同事也不再要求，只要大家能開心就好了...

不管明年的新目標是什麼，明年可能又是做一艘新的船，可能不做船了，不管結果怎樣，我還是讓自己成為了一個船匠，謝謝一起努力的夥伴們。

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