Now that I’m two weeks into the new job, I figured I’d write a bit about things. One of the things I hate the most about being the new guy on a team is not having the specific knowledge to do the job. Sure, I’ll have that soon enough, but it is always frustrating to me on a personal level…
Category: work
A New Job
A new chapter starts in my life as I begin a new job. Things didn’t get off to a good start as Sunday night, I was amazingly not sleepy even though I went to bed when I had been going to bed. As such, it was well after midnight until I drifted off, but to make matters worse, I woke…
Information Technology Security Stupidity
The biggest bane of my current job is stupidity, whether it be stupid laws like HIPAA or Obamacare, or “We’re so smart, we’re stupid” Indians, or corporate stupidity, brought about by the people running said corporation who have no idea how things actually work, but they have a college degree and theories on how things “should” work. All of this…
Another "Great" Job For Me
When people are looking for work and receive e-mails about a job, do they not look at the “From” e-mail address? I suppose there must be enough who don’t because I’m amazed at all these so-called job opportunities where the sender claims to represent some big company, but are e-mailing from gmail. Granted, I some some large companies are VERY…
First Week on the Job
Its strange being back at “The Company” after 3.5 months away. Its almost like I never left. Being the popular guy I am, people all over come by to say “welcome back” and to chat about things. Now that I’m again a contractor, I go back to being a “bastard step child” in terms of how “The Company” views us.…