Moving on..
As some of you might have realized by reading my blog, I am a software engineer.. a Macintosh one specifically, having worked for Intuit for the past 6 1/2 years, the first three or so on Quicken, and the last 3 or so on QuickBooks.
I say having because today was my last day at Intuit. I’m sad, as I fondly remember those late nights swashing Quicken bugs in Mountain View, Ed’s “Hamster Dance” (this is a video, but think of the song) at 1:30am when we signed off on a release. I remember us switching QuickBooks to Cocoa a few releases ago, and really having fun learning and developing in Cocoa every day.
However, time marches on. I’ve been working at home since my wife got a position at Nike almost 6 years ago, and we moved to Oregon in November of 2000. The one thing I’ve learned since that time is I’m a people person, I don’t thrive working at home, staring at a screen with no people interaction. What’s really helped me in learning this is going to school to get my MBA, graduating in February of 2007. I might write more about my MBA soon…
So, new job! I start with Extensis on Tuesday morning! Downtown Portland, commute on highways and taking the Max train and all! I am really really looking forward to it - one from seeing people again during the day, to working on something different than finance software for 6 1/2 years. Time to diversify, time to learn, time to have fun!
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