I've been thinking for months now about the future of the analyst role.  Is it relevant?  What does it look like in 5 or 10 years?  I've enjoyed being an analyst.  The role has been good to me.  Given me lots of experience in things I never would have known existed.  But as I look around at the shrinking pool of analysts, I just wonder what the ( Read more... )

We're HOME ( Read more... )

I got an email from Jim Friday saying that he's done with the podcast, tired, and ready to leave CME.  He of course asked if I wanted to continue it or at least have the domain and do with it what I will.  Caused me to pause and its caused me to ponder.  CME was a solid effort by both of us for a while.  Jim especially of course, but I had a good ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I'm suppose to get my new job offer.  I've already gotten a verbal, I'm just waiting on the final paper version.  Besides being incredibly excited, this has been a little excruciating.  Waiting for the offer I mean.  They want me to start on the 20th.  That means I need to put in my 2 weeks on Monday on the latest and I don't have the ( Read more... )

The previous post should make it pretty obvious how work is going. Despite many years of my team's accomplishments, the business of my company, its culture, its recent hiring decisions in upper management, have all made it clear that they are going in a direction that is ultimately not in my best interest ( Read more... )

If only you could tell the firm partners to take a long walk off a short cliff ( Read more... )

So, I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that Facebook is a horrible platform for anything that resembles journaling.  Sure, you can write "notes", but I don't want to worry everytime I post about who I might accidentally offend or who wasn't suppose to see what.  Part of me thinks that Facebook is due for a housecleaning, but it has been useful ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my second anniversary. Hard to believe that its been 2 years since that hurricane filled excitement that was my wedding.  Being married has been good.  My wife has got to be the greatest wife around, as illustrated by her wanting to come to Vegas for our second anniversary.  We came on Sunday and have had a great time.  We've seen a ( Read more... )

Now I understand why vacation has become so painful for so many people.  You go on vacation and HEAVEN FORBID enjoy yourself and you come back to hell.  Hell on Earth at your office.  "OMG dude, you missed out!!!"  Of course when prodded, no one really can say what went so horribly wrong.  The truth is that everyone survived.  No biggie.

What killed ( Read more... )

I was going through some old files and found something I wrote last year.  I feel like its still relevant to a lot going on in my life, and I recently had a conversation on the same topic with my dad.  I guess maybe I'm on to something.  I find it a weird phenomenon, but I've seen a lot of evidence supporting it.  Curious as to everyone's thoughts ( Read more... )