Journal FortKnox's Journal: Josh Update 22
Well, hell, I haven't talked about life in a long time.
I was on one of the best projects ever the past few months when the manager decided I wasn't needed anymore (the scope narrowed a bit), so I got booted off. I wasn't happy about it at first (hell, I was quite pissed as I recall), but I got over it.
The cool thing? I was telling my sales woman about my next job (instead of the other way around). My 'on the job' manager loved me so much, he touted me about in the office, and I was being fought over by 3 more projects.
The uncool thing? Well, the project was one where a kid (contractor) who didn't know struts made a struts app. It was my job to clean up his mess (he was thrown out of the company). Lets see... I have one jsp that's over 10 pages of scriptlets... struts?? Heh... and I'm not mentioning the domain side (which is, by far, tons worse).
The cool thing? It's so past the deadline other people on my new bosses other projects already started, and it will be finished this week or next (I started this new job on monday).
The not cool, yet not not cool thing? Well, they have another project coming up where the architect is from my consulting firm, and that's where I'm slated to go next.
The ultra-cool thing? No coding is planned for the next like month. I'll be playing analyst AND developer on this project! That's like a step below project management. I'll be in charge of all the documentation, and the brains of the outfit. I'm quite psyched about it.
In other news, I'm taking training for some new technology to put my foot into a nich market that's in high demand. This means I work 9am till 8pm on mondays.
Aside: I wake up, change Joey's diaper just before I leave, and that's all I see of him on monday, cause he goes to sleep at 7:30... although I did have a 'daddy moment' this past monday. I went into his dark room, and he wasn't quite asleep at 8:30 (when I got home), much to his mother's dismay, but he was sucking his thumb and I came in to give him a kiss goodnight... he looked up at me, got this HUGE smile, pointed to me and said 'daddy'. Me wife was almost in tears from hearing this over them monitor.
But the nice thing about this training, is there is a 1pm-5pm training on friday, so I don't have to worry about working late on fridays.
So, wtf is up with you people?
I was on one of the best projects ever the past few months when the manager decided I wasn't needed anymore (the scope narrowed a bit), so I got booted off. I wasn't happy about it at first (hell, I was quite pissed as I recall), but I got over it.
The cool thing? I was telling my sales woman about my next job (instead of the other way around). My 'on the job' manager loved me so much, he touted me about in the office, and I was being fought over by 3 more projects.
The uncool thing? Well, the project was one where a kid (contractor) who didn't know struts made a struts app. It was my job to clean up his mess (he was thrown out of the company). Lets see... I have one jsp that's over 10 pages of scriptlets... struts?? Heh... and I'm not mentioning the domain side (which is, by far, tons worse).
The cool thing? It's so past the deadline other people on my new bosses other projects already started, and it will be finished this week or next (I started this new job on monday).
The not cool, yet not not cool thing? Well, they have another project coming up where the architect is from my consulting firm, and that's where I'm slated to go next.
The ultra-cool thing? No coding is planned for the next like month. I'll be playing analyst AND developer on this project! That's like a step below project management. I'll be in charge of all the documentation, and the brains of the outfit. I'm quite psyched about it.
In other news, I'm taking training for some new technology to put my foot into a nich market that's in high demand. This means I work 9am till 8pm on mondays.
Aside: I wake up, change Joey's diaper just before I leave, and that's all I see of him on monday, cause he goes to sleep at 7:30... although I did have a 'daddy moment' this past monday. I went into his dark room, and he wasn't quite asleep at 8:30 (when I got home), much to his mother's dismay, but he was sucking his thumb and I came in to give him a kiss goodnight... he looked up at me, got this HUGE smile, pointed to me and said 'daddy'. Me wife was almost in tears from hearing this over them monitor.
But the nice thing about this training, is there is a 1pm-5pm training on friday, so I don't have to worry about working late on fridays.
So, wtf is up with you people?
so wtf is up with me? (Score:3, Funny)
Freaky.
-Ab
Re:so wtf is up with me? (Score:2)
And that 5 hour trip home DID seem a bit longer than normal....
Wow! (Score:2)
Yeah, design is always way better than dumb coding. I had an interview with the Borg the other day for an internship, and one of the interviewer's questions was why I wanted to be a Program Manager rather than a Software Development Engineer (err Microsoft's term for Code Monkey).
Other than the usual design experience crap, I told her that I did not want to be a developer for the rest of my life, do not know how well she took it though
Re:Wow! (Score:2)
Developers, Developers, Developers,
Re:Wow! (Score:2)
Heh, am sure all that Balmer act is just to make the monkeys feel happy. On another note, she asked me about my experience as a developer and I told her I have been a code monkey in a previous life
Daddy Moments (Score:2)
Re:Daddy Moments (Score:2)
Re:Daddy Moments (Score:2)
We read to her with the lights on, then turn them out for bed, so she does get to see the pictures. A favorite book is "It's Not Easy Being Big", a Sesame Street book. Although the book is about the ups and do
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Re:Daddy Moments (Score:1)
I remember waking up my dad when I learned to whistle. I was cute too...
Re:Daddy Moments (Score:2)
He still remembers that one.
Eh...Just Having Fun With Struts (Score:1)
I'm kind of torn on struts. It's nice to have a user say "I'd like to go from here to here. Is that a hard change?" and know that I just need to edit a config file. I've just spent too much time reading the code for documentation on some of the features it offers.
Right now I'm having a party with ma
Re:Eh...Just Having Fun With Struts (Score:2)
What I've been TRYING to play with is Laszlo [laszlosystems.com]. Easy to work with xml front end that translates to flash, and J2EE backend (look at the 'xml' demo). It just looks like fun to work with.
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What's up with me? (Score:1)
Josh said it, not me.
Re:What's up with me? (Score:2)
Must be the "Wife's Version" of spaghetti....
sounds dope. (Score:2)
A
oh yeah, (Score:2)
I'm happy for you. [nt] (Score:1)
with me (Score:1)
i do not dig my job, but then i never have.
i am still trying to get 3D work done. currently modeling 2004 carrera GT.
i am helping my parents get a website going for their business. nothing special. my sister did most of the visual design. i'm offering ideas and getting the text. if we decide we need scripting, i'll get some of that.
i'm thinking of going to coachella.