State of the Bruce Address ::: 4-Feb-2005
- rkstormer -
Thought I'd drop a post updating you all on the recent happenings in life.
I am currently working a fulltime temp position at Lilly in Indianapolis. I'm mostly doing web stuff using ColdFusion (the web programming language not the theoretical physical phenomenon of nuclear fusion occurring at low temperatures investigated by Edmund Storms) and some MS Access database work. (By the way when I spellchecked this document it wanted to replace ColdFusion with Goldfish. So it's good to know it's a recognized language and all.)
Out of the three main projects I've worked on while here, one was quite successful, one had horrible scope creep until it got huge and then was canceled, and the last one was scaled down into near oblivion before it was launched just last week.
This third project I'd been working on since sometime in August. I had it finished in early October (this is when is was supposed to launch). Then the launch date got delayed, the business process that the system was to support was changed (repeatedly actually) and I spent much of the following months changing the system everytime upper management decided to change the business process (which was about every couple weeks). Pretty much each time my system got smaller and smaller. I figure I probably could have developed the silly thing in 2 or 3 weeks if they had just known up front what the final system was to do.
My group is being moved up two floors in our building, not sure why. I asked if another group needed the space - no, it's going to be vacant. Also, we are not allowed to move anything ourselves. There are special contractors who must move your stuff (including computer, phone, etc.). By the time you figure the movers, the activating and deactivating of network ports and phone lines, and changing everyones location ifno, it's said to cost in the thousands per person to move, and that's not counting the down-time when you aren't fully set up either place and can't work. I moved here once before and I couldn't do anything for most of two days.
Also, catbert has informed me that my department is being renamed to "Global Quality Assurrance - BU WHA HA hA".
I'm applying to some companies trying to find a long-term job. Mostly game companies, but I'll be flying over to Boston next weekend for a day-and-a-half interview with BBN technologies (with Dr Diller's son). They do military simulation and quantum encryption (read: data encryption that is, based on the laws of physics, unbreakable) research among other things. It would be nice to stay in the mid-west, but I am afraid I will likely need to move farther to get the kind of position I want.
Well, that's what's going on. I'd appreciate prayer regarding my job search and I'll keep you guys updated on how it's going. Later.
Thought I'd drop a post updating you all on the recent happenings in life.
I am currently working a fulltime temp position at Lilly in Indianapolis. I'm mostly doing web stuff using ColdFusion (the web programming language not the theoretical physical phenomenon of nuclear fusion occurring at low temperatures investigated by Edmund Storms) and some MS Access database work. (By the way when I spellchecked this document it wanted to replace ColdFusion with Goldfish. So it's good to know it's a recognized language and all.)
Out of the three main projects I've worked on while here, one was quite successful, one had horrible scope creep until it got huge and then was canceled, and the last one was scaled down into near oblivion before it was launched just last week.
This third project I'd been working on since sometime in August. I had it finished in early October (this is when is was supposed to launch). Then the launch date got delayed, the business process that the system was to support was changed (repeatedly actually) and I spent much of the following months changing the system everytime upper management decided to change the business process (which was about every couple weeks). Pretty much each time my system got smaller and smaller. I figure I probably could have developed the silly thing in 2 or 3 weeks if they had just known up front what the final system was to do.
My group is being moved up two floors in our building, not sure why. I asked if another group needed the space - no, it's going to be vacant. Also, we are not allowed to move anything ourselves. There are special contractors who must move your stuff (including computer, phone, etc.). By the time you figure the movers, the activating and deactivating of network ports and phone lines, and changing everyones location ifno, it's said to cost in the thousands per person to move, and that's not counting the down-time when you aren't fully set up either place and can't work. I moved here once before and I couldn't do anything for most of two days.
Also, catbert has informed me that my department is being renamed to "Global Quality Assurrance - BU WHA HA hA".
I'm applying to some companies trying to find a long-term job. Mostly game companies, but I'll be flying over to Boston next weekend for a day-and-a-half interview with BBN technologies (with Dr Diller's son). They do military simulation and quantum encryption (read: data encryption that is, based on the laws of physics, unbreakable) research among other things. It would be nice to stay in the mid-west, but I am afraid I will likely need to move farther to get the kind of position I want.
Well, that's what's going on. I'd appreciate prayer regarding my job search and I'll keep you guys updated on how it's going. Later.
posted by rkstormer @ 11:10 AM
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