Ok, I feel kind of guilty filling up other people's threads with questions, and really I only want to know one thing, but after that the thread is here for people to chit chat about it if they want

I started it as a thread in its own right, even though its totally off topic, because there do seem to be a huge number of not just writers here, but also writers who have previously taken part in NaNoWriMo. And, heck - fantasy maps and books are kind of inextricably linked from my point of view...

My question is - has anyone ever done this and succeeded in getting to 50,000 words while simultaneously working a new job where they are still very unsure about all the procedures and learning new stuff at the rate of a head full a day?