Second day of my return to work. Back at my old company as a contractor. Once again, I’m a smart monkey. It’s not super-exciting-omg-yes, but it’s work. New lab, new team, new job functions: somewhere in the company, somebody wants to know how the data buses leaving the CPU behave electrically, and it’s the job …
Tag Archives: work
Resumé, Resume
Those curious as to my employment status: yes, I’m still unemployed. Am I looking for work? The short answer is “yes”. The long answer is “not really”. Rather embarrassing to answer that when people ask. “Oh, that’s cool”, they say, while thinking, “Why the hell not? Must be nice.” Why not? Because I’m slow at …
Boot
As I mentioned in my last post, yes, I did get laid off today on October 25th. It’s been a long haul at AMD, but it’s time to move on to somewhere more profitable. They gave me an agreeable severance package that means I’ll be paid through to February and medically covered through to the …
Gum Shoes
Cannot shake the feeling that I’m wrong. Somewhere, I made the wrong choice, and everything afterwards is a byproduct of that fault. It would be nice if I knew, if I could navelgaze enough to determine where it happened, or if I could have the foresight to see where to get back on track. But …
Chosen Hell
Quick joke. You’ve heard this before. A man dies and, due to his decisions through life, gets sent to Hell. After entering, the Devil takes him on a grand tour where he’s shown three rooms from which to choose his torture for eternity. The first room is full of people standing on their heads upside …