Archive for the ‘summer 08’ Category
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Last year about this time I pondered on this quote thinking I was turning 25—this year I really am turning 25.
Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
I've never felt like this about a job.
I'm confused, frustrated, and my head hurts from banging against the brick wall of our build system... and yet I'm having a blast. Not just with the work (there was plenty of cool work at Amazon over the year I was there) ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
As indicated it's been a slow summer... work hasn't really picked up yet though I'm about to get started on my project which will inevitably make like a bit more stressful. As usual, I'm already buried in problems with the build system (not sure but this kind of stuff ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
I've been through three first weeks with various companies (Proficient, Amazon, and now VMware) so the experience of joining a new workplace has become somewhat old hat[0]. I've found, in my vast experience[1], that the first week (or so) does a lot to set the tone of my tenure ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
The actual travel bit is over and I'm pretty much settled into my new apartment. I'm at a weird stage where I have a lot to do but not really any way to do any of it so I'm just kind of sitting around and waiting (which is the ...
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