Posts tagged “work life”
Heading to San Francisco (Sunnyvale, really) for handover work following my department's shutdown. I'll be there from the 27th through November 2nd, including Halloween. If you're in the area, get in touch!
Power's out in central London. Hundreds of us sit here, useless without our machines. Browsing on borrowed wifi, twiddling thumbs, wondering if this counts as a valid reason to leave early.
Our Christmas party was fantastic. I danced a lot, skipped the free bar, looked stupid in a suit, and nearly lost my expensive winter coat to a mysterious woman from finance. Also I'm awake at 3am on caffeine and somehow expect to be alert tomorrow.
It's freezing, I'm settling into Yahoo!, and my new boss returns next week to shake things up again. Send me somewhere warm. Currently reading the Economist, playing with Konfabulator, and stressing about Christmas gifts.
Late night, no energy, and I got thoroughly schooled by Leah on my half-baked gay men post. Here's a teddy bear instead.
I need to start keeping a notebook by my bed for 2am ideas. Work was terrible yesterday but better today. Excited about my upcoming move, though everyone's enthusiasm for my new place makes me wonder if I'll regret leaving.
A virtual server running a screen saver. First day observations.
Work got better today and I actually got stuff done. But the real highlight: found a London contract paying £200/hour for Java/Oracle/MQ Series work. That's 10x my current rate. Suddenly I'm very motivated to learn MQ Series.
Day 3 at IBM, posting from the office since my accommodation only has dialup. Found a fascinating first-hand account of an epileptic seizure written by the person experiencing it in real time. Beautiful writing, terrifying to imagine witnessing it live.
Three days in and the new job is going great. Learning Oracle, comfortable environment, nice colleagues. Best part? I'm earning a pound every four minutes. Hard not to love that.
First day at the new job, but my laptop's being set up so I've got nothing to do but blog. Too early to say much about the job yet, but it looks promising.
