Discursive ruminations.
I was talking with someone the other day about my time as (Interim) VP of Engineering at Socialtext. Did I enjoy that? The question was framed like this: some people just like doing things and not dealing with the social aspects of management. But I wonder, are they really much different?
Software development is creating, maintaining, [...]
Yesterday, for the first time in my career, I found myself on the business end of the corporate downsizing hammer. Your first question might be “How things been goin’?”. The Dude said it best
“Ah, you know. Strikes and gutters, ups and downs.” – the Dude.
These things happen. Don’t get me wrong, it sucks, but I [...]
After two years and seven months I’m moving on. This weekend I’m unemployed. The bums lost! Friday was my last day at Socialtext and Today I started work at CombineNet. At CombineNet I’m “Lead Product Engineer, Infrastructure and Architecture.” This has me excited. Some marketing material for your pleasure:
“CombineNet’s advanced sourcing technologies leverage combinatorial optimization [...]