so yeah. haven't written an entry in 3 months. right. should do better than that. Let's see, what can i talk about. In CA permanently now, and liking it alright so far -- nice and warm in general (except this weekend, the weather in boston is better according to my weather widget) - but it's fun to explore with my friend Eric - I had my first ( Read more... )

so now it's real. I had my last day at Experience yesterday - I hadn't been doing anything all week anyway, so it was really just "come to work, surf the net, and go drinking" day. but it's like...sinking in that I won't be working with all those amazing people anymore, and that I'm about to go live 3000 miles away from everyone and spend all my ( Read more... )

so I signed MKS's offer letter and I gave my official resignation at experience today. It's weird, this is the first job I've ever left voluntarily (ok so it's only the second job i've ever *had*, but still. ;-)) I really, truly, am going to miss the people there. I love them all, but I just don't enjoy the work I do everyday, not to mention I ( Read more... )

gonna get an offer in the 80-85 range with relocation expenses on top. San Jose is gorgeous and I can't wait to spend my first winter there. :-D - shooting for a start date sometime in mid july (ie i expect to take the offer because i have nothing to lose) Moving away from family and friends will be hard but i may potentially be able to get a ( Read more... )

I knew this would happen - I have interview time scheduled out in San Jose for next Thursday and Friday - so I'll leave Wed night and fly back on Sunday...

meep. I don't even know any C++, why would they hire me? ;) (not true, but I am a bit rusty...)

I guess we'll see what happens, eh?

and what an amazing trip it was! we saw two castles, a classical music concert, and the house of music in vienna, we saw everything we could cram in in Paris (musee d'orsay, louvre, eiffel tower, arc de triomphe, champs-elysees, notre dame, the gardens) and in italy we saw macerata (as beautiful as tuscany, but less crowded) the colisseo in rome, ( Read more... )

so my phone screen went pretty well. They want me out there within the next two weeks for the on-site interview and to see the area and try some of the work I'd be doing. And when I told them I had a lease here until 7/1 that I wasn't willing to break I got back a 'well, we might possibly be able to pay you out of it early.' *blink* ok....I guess ( Read more... )

today at work I had my quarterly review. My boss said that, ironically, my strengths were also my weaknesses. he said my natural inquisitiveness leads to lack of focus (because i'm always bouncing all over the place) and he said that my staunch determination (hi, T :)) leads to my not knowing when to stop beating my head against the wall and find ( Read more... )

no seriously - it's 1am, i have to be out my door by 7:10am tomorrow morning (stupid ride and complete lack of being able to settle into any routine) and so once again i'll get about 5 hours and change of sleep, as usual - and for what? some important stuff i had to do? some business related reason to burn the candle at both ends? ultimately, do i ( Read more... )

the latter being the most important of those 4 items ( Read more... )