Near the end of August in 2001, after a four month period of being unemployed, I finally found a job with a Boulder company called e-InfoData.com (Holy internet cliche overload!). We’ll round the ensuing passage of time up to five and a half years for the purpose of this discussion.
In that period the company changed it’s name to InsightAmerica, moved its office to Broomfield, and eventually was acquired by a corporate giant (name uselessly withheld). The basic “job” of the company never really changed, and the work was mostly interesting on a nuts-and-bolts level (I still think we regularly pushed ColdFusion well beyond its normal bounds and managed to make it work.), even if the bigger picture at times gave me the heebee-jeebees.
At a more micro level, I’ve had the opportunity to work with some amazing people (particularly within the technology teams - but outside that, as well). In fact, most of the people I currently consider my best friends were first coworkers.
On a work level, there have certainly been ups and downs, but on a personal level this job has been nothing but positive.
You’ve probably already guessed that I’ve decided it’s time for me to move on.
- I’m going back to Boulder. (meh. I’ll miss my 10 minute commute, but I only think I’m doubling it.)
- It’s a very small company. (sweet! I enjoy the dynamic of a small company much more than a megalocorp.)
- I’ll be working with an old friend. (yay! This is actually the only reason I applied for the job when I saw it come across the wire.)
- I’m going to be working daily on a Mac. (w00t! This excites me unreasonably. Not to mention the HUGE monitors they use.)
- I’ll eventually get to work with Ruby on Rails professionally. (double w00t!! I’ve been a fanboy since the early days, though I’ve never actually done anything with it.)
I’m also leaving a lot of friends behind. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep in touch - the Denver Metro area isn’t a very big place, really. Some of us already have outside-of-work connections, but I want to cultivate more of those.
So, yeah… That’s what’s going on with me.
Let’s have Nina Simone carry us out, shall we?
Its a new dawn
Its a new day
Its a new life
For me
And I’m feeling good
congratulations on the new job and for being able to take a risk. very, very best of luck and i hope you are happy there.
Gratz!! I wish you the best of luck. When you feel it’s time to move, it’s best you move. I’m with you on the Mac w00t! I can’t wait to throw my future MacBookPro into one of our tactical networks…tee hee…(smiles like a giddy boy).
PS: Love the Nina Simone lyrics. Just make sure to put the sugar in your woman’s bowl. ;->
I am happy for you, Sally. Be sure to give that *new coworker of yours a good cock punching for me.
I see some afternoons of the Mongolian BBQ in our future.
good luck jake. they looking for security guys?
Sadly, I don’t believe they’d have a use for any gun-toting security.
Besides, did you miss the part where I said it’s in Boulder?
Ahh… I missed our time up in Boulder. Those lunch times were fun! Any opening for me?
Yo Jake! As someone who’s last day of Yahoo! was on FRIDAY AND is going to be on a Mac AND is going to be using Rouxbe on Rails AND is going to a small start-up as well, albeit in Vancouver, I say rock the FUCK on!
We’ll share pointers. And by “share,” I mean, you can teach me everything you know about a Mac, since I know little to nothing about one.