What I did (am doing) over the summer.
So its come to my attention that I have not updated things on this site in like…forever.
Good news is that I have a job. I recently was hired with a company called Interlegis. We do eDiscovery. I was hired on to work on the next generation User Interface. Its been extremely interesting for me. I really do like GUI work, and the challenges that they have put me against have been keeping my brain running at 110% since I started. Speed is always a factor in any application, but its even more in this case since it is used by lawyers….who do not come cheap! These are the things I’ve been working on.
This is my first time working downtown too. That has been interesting. Im not a big fan of the commute, but at least half of the folks in the company seem to live within a few miles of me (in Plano). We are all in the same boat. The Dart drops me off right in front of the building.
Its been fun exploring downtown during lunch too. Im in th West End, so its easy to walk to
the tunnels under the bank building or pop in to House of Blues to say hi to Snakebite.
Finally, it is nice to be part of a team. During my years at Nortel, I rarely felt like I was on a “mission critical” team. My last project at Nortel had a good team feeling. My manager felt it
was important and he was right…still, when Nortel was going wheels off, there was a sense that there was nothing I could about it.
With this new job, the whole company is in one office, and I feel not only that I can make a difference, but that things are hinging as much on my performance as the rest of the team. Sounds cool to me. I can deliver.
So that’s that. If anybody reading this is in the downtown area, let me know. I hope to chronicle my observations on downtown a bit. So far, its been mostly wandering around the tunnels. There are plenty of unique food experiences to be had (Treebirds was a neat find).
More to come.