Done yesterday (20101020 We)

[mdlbear]

1020 We
  * snuggle; up 7:10; W=196.2; drugs, nose; laundry, dishes, coffee
  * Spirit day -- wear purple
  @ rowanf: More thoughts on the Eight Verses
  @ Interactive mirror simultaneously increases narcissism and productivity
    Technology Review: Blogs: Mims's Bits: The Future of Interfaces is
    Mobile, Screen-less and Invisible ... um, no.  Via haikujaguar
  @ When's the Best Time to Get the Flu Vaccine? via (coworker) Dan
  @ Spain's Solar Deals on Edge of Bankruptcy as Subsidies Founder
  *- going -back to CRC- _forward to CIC_ at end of fiscal year
  : New facehugger arrived
  @ HOWTO: Securing A Website With Client SSL Certificates
  @ haikujaguar: Retooling Old Writing Strategies
  & long IM with Kat; get her set up with chaoswolf.org in her home directory
    and under git control.
  * bed 11ish; snuggle; bath; bed 00:45ish; snuggle

It felt like a very long day, from getting up early to having a hard time getting to sleep and getting up for a hot bath, which worked as it usually does. But it was productive, even if slightly frustrating.

And I made the big career decision that's been hanging over me for the last month or so: deciding whether to continue in my current job in a production environment, or go back to R&D at the start of the next fiscal year, next April. I chose to go back -- or rather forward, because the research lab I came out of has a new name now, and a focus more on advanced development and innovation than on research. Since I've always been more of a tinkerer and a toolmaker than either a researcher or a product developer, it was a fairly easy decision.

I'll miss the people, the thrill of working on real products, and the short commute. I won't miss the 9-4 core hours and the software engineering work style. I'm not a software engineer, and I'm not even a terribly productive programmer anymore. I make a better mentor and architect than I do a code monkey.

In other news, my new facehugger mask arrived (and worked well all night), and I helped Chaos set up chaoswolf.org and kat.savitzky.net under her own home directory on Dreamhost, and under git control. Go me.

Some good links up there under the cut.

Comments

[chaoswolf]

On the one hand, your business card says Steve Savitzky, Senior Software Scientist, but I'm not sure that's read as Engineer.

On the other hand, I've got no idea what to do with that second domain...

[mdlbear]

Actually, my new cards say "Principal Engineer".

[chaoswolf]

Which I haven't seen yet.

[roaringmouse.livejournal.com]

I kinda understand where you are coming from. This new job is making me feel like a fish out of water. It is a new mind set which I have to get use to.

I hate Dallas.....