You're making bits dance through hardware with minimal overhead or layers of abstraction/other programmer's opinions to deal with.
I call that productive.
Further, you have the smallest API/ABI stdlib to work through the quirks of of any language. Again. Productive.
I, of course, take the precaution of allocating time to blow up 5/8 of a solar system/a star into my projects. I have a tendency to find ways to do things other than intended, and like to absorb the lessons.
As a result, I have quite the collection of ways not to do things, or how to do things other than I intended. Just because your management fu disagrees with my definition of productive is not my concern.
I call that productive.
Further, you have the smallest API/ABI stdlib to work through the quirks of of any language. Again. Productive.
I, of course, take the precaution of allocating time to blow up 5/8 of a solar system/a star into my projects. I have a tendency to find ways to do things other than intended, and like to absorb the lessons.
As a result, I have quite the collection of ways not to do things, or how to do things other than I intended. Just because your management fu disagrees with my definition of productive is not my concern.