A Little Introspection
I’ve always had a hard time figuring out what I want to do with my life. From a career perspective, I’ve always had a hard time defining what interests me because, to be honest, everything, interests me. Well, let me...
Category: Life
Happy Chinese New Year!
Yay! I celebrated over the weekend with hotpot at my mother’s significant other’s house. It was great…I love hotpot! But so damn tired from my drive home from Connecticut the night before (I live in Jersey, but currently working in...
Now We’re Getting Somewhere
I think that in these last two weeks, I’m finally starting to figure out the answer to one of my least favorite interview questions: where do you see yourself in x years? I think the problem, in my case, is...
On Leadership
I came across an editorial on CNNSI.com on, among other things, the play of Baron Davis and how he’s helped turn the perpetually bad Warriors around and get them off to their best start in the franchise’s history. While the...
Fun in Philly
Wow, I had a lot more fun in Philly than I thought I would have. Back up a bit. I had originally registered for the Microsoft launch event in Philly as a participant a few weeks back. Last week, Rich,...
All Hail Flying Spaghetti Monster!
Yesterday, news spread that the Kansas school board passed legislation to include intelligent design into the school curriculum. As expected, there was some colorful discussion on Fark. In an opinion piece in Time this week (11/14/2005), Eric Cornell, the Nobel...
Friday’s Random Thoughts
Just to wrap up my Austin trip, here’s a few random, slightly organized thoughts on the city of Austin and my trip: There’s lots of good, cheap Tex-Mex food in Austin (but I guess that this is true for most...
Coming Home
Well, as it turns out, the client here in Austin wasn’t really that interested in software related professional services at the moment. I’ve spent the last two days working with two awesome consultants, Hillary and Bob, from EMC. All I can...
Live, From Austin, Texas
I originally wrote this post as I was sitting in the back of a 737 to Austin. In the software industry, there is an interesting Catch-22 situation that many young developers will find themselves in: you generally aren’t afforded the...
A Small World Indeed
On an interview yesterday, one of my interviewers asked about my experience at ITT. Specifically, he asked whether I knew Chris :-o. Now a quick flashback; Chris was my second level manager at ITT. Towards the end of my stint...