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A Very Long Week

tycage — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:40:24 +0000

It’s that time of year at work. Get things done before the holiday break. Last week was lots of work gearing up for things, and this week, I’ve been working as early as 6am to coordinate the deployment of my software to a lab in India. Today made it all worth it though. We’ve got 4 test machines up and running, so far with no problems. If all goes well, we’ll convert the whole lab early next week and I’ll get my leisurly 2 weeks off for the end of the year!

Take Your Child to Work Day

tycage — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:31:30 +0000

Xander and I had a great day today. He got to go to work with me today for Take Your Child to Work Day. AOL does a big deal for it every year. This is the first year I’ve taken him though. Mira isn’t quite old enough yet, so I just took Xander. We had a wonderful time. It was mostly a day of him sitting and playing games on one on my computers while I worked. He did get to see the things I work on though and got to see me working with other people on them. He also got a take a look at the computer lab and got to meat a lot of my coworkers. Oh, and he also enjoyed my white board quite a bit also. He really had a good time and didn’t really want to leave when I decided it was time to head home. I got to enjoy a wonderful day with my son at the office, which was a real treat for me.

Level Up!

tycage — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:33:35 +0000

I found out today that I’ve been promoted (or as I explained it to Xander, I leveled up). I’m now a Principle Software Engineer. It’s something I’ve been working for for a long time and it feels great to finally have all the hard work validated.

Still Working

tycage — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:06:02 +0000

I’ve still got a job. We had big layoffs today at work, but I made it through ok. It was a rough day though, lots of good people were let go. It’ll be rough for a while, getting used to things without them. I’m trying to be happy for myself, but it’s hard to see friends lose their jobs.