Well, at long last it’s time to end this blogging hiatus. Ok, not a true hiatus, I’ve given you plenty of pictures of my kitten, after all.
So what’s been going on? My girlfriend and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary recently, which is certainly the development I’m most happy about. Things with her are going great, and I’m sure they’ll continue this way. The other big development is that I have a new job. Part of the reason my posting slowed down was job-related stress… See, the reason why I had to look for a new position is that my old one was eliminated. Part of me saw it coming, it made sense to me that they’d eventually conclude it made more economic sense to just run all of IT out of Boston, but I think I didn’t want to believe it at some level. Ahh well, these things happen, and they gave me a good deal of notice and gave me plenty of time to interview. Not one week after my old position ended, I started a new one.
I’m now working for an IT consulting company, but specifically with one client, a software startup here in Indy. I think I’ve decided this is the kind of work I like best, working for these small companies. I understand the needs of startups, I like the culture better than that of larger companies, and one of my great talents is doing a lot with little resources. So far things are going great as I begin to develop what will be their future IT infrastructure. I’m planning for scale so they’ll be able to deal with the growth they expect. The current plan is to consult for six months, at which time I’ll have the opportunity to become a direct employee of the startup.
Oh, and I did mention that the pay and health insurance are better than at my last job? :-)
In short, my personal life is great and I’m excited about my professional life again. A perfect combination. I’m even considering a new project, a new website which would act as a clearinghouse for news on Indy’s burgeoning software industry. Over my career here I’ve made a good deal of contacts at other software companies, and I think a site which can act as one-stop-shopping for news and information about them (as opposed to trolling various blogs, Indy Star, IBJ, etc.) would be a useful resource. Nothing like this exists yet, so why not make it happen?
So that’s the life update, but it’s not the end of the story. Why now? What’s finally got me writing again? For that you’ll have to wait for the next post, which I promise will not be long to come…
