Life updates

Wow, I've been quiet for a while, now three posts in one day! I'm far, far more active on Facebook and have been starting to get into Twitter a very little lately as well.

Looking through my past posts, I see a little 'about me' post that begs for another 'about me' post as my life has changed a bit since then. I left PwC in October 2009 after 9 years (to the day!) with them. My tenure at PwC started working as a web/database developer 'in' the NY office (but really working from home 95%+ of the time) in 2000. After completing my M.S. at Pace, I was transfered to the Tampa, FL National Administrative Center for PwC in 2003. I was promoted to Manager in 2004 ('technical', not 'people' manager in theory). In 2006, I started on a fly-in commute project to Stamford, CT. Let me tell you, flying to NYC from Tampa, then an hour+ in the car to get to Stamford every week gets old fast. I was leading part of a team of 'architects' for the duration of that. Anyway, in 2007, there was a bit of project change and I ended up going on 'temporary assignment' to San Jose, CA. Somewhere along the line, I ended up in more of a management than development role. They moved me out here, and I left in 2009 to join MedeAnalytics, back as an engineer again.

Right now, I'm 'just' an engineer, but I don't know how long that 'just' part will last. I'm certainly the senior most engineer here in Emeryville at this point more because I'm not afraid to let my opinion be known than what I think of as any particular skill advantage. Sure I've been around, but it's better to know a little and use it correctly than know a lot and be on the sidelines. Anyway, I'm not managing people, so it's good. I see no point in being miserable while on the job. I might be tired from long hours, but as I once heard from a preacher "Burn out doesn't come from working hard. Burn out come from working hard AND feeling like you are getting nowhere."