I just completed my half-way-to-70’th year (as it was written on my lovely Tinkerbell cake) and I suppose I should reflect on my life of late. This past year has been an excellent one. I left the realms of the self-employed and found myself an amazing role at a great little company. I was kinda [...]
Category Archives: Work
How to get a job, Erin-style
Friday, August 28, 2009
On the eve of finalizing a job offer, I was reflecting on how I got each job I’ve had: Riptide Technology (can’t find it anymore). In via the paper. Lasted a few months. Corporate shake-out. Orbital Technology. In through a friend. Lasted 5 years. Corporate shake-out. Epic Data. In via monster.ca. Lasted 5 years. Loved [...]
Summer slow down
Friday, May 8, 2009
I was informed today that my main contract was being reduced by 50% until July. At first I was upset, but then I realized all that I could do with my extra time; play with the kids, let the wife go write, play some golf and work out a little. Hopefully I don’t get addicted [...]
Working from home…in a new home?
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The two most interesting things that are going on right revolve around our house and my career. Our house is still for sale and our purchase agreement on the other house will end tomorrow night at midnight. Our plan is to let the agreement lapse, lower the price of our house and keep it on [...]
Life Is Coming Together
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The other day Christine commented that she feels like our place is finally coming together and I have to say I agree. Most of the interior issues are resolved with only either really minor things (light fixtures, etc) or some major ones that need some fiscal planning (W/D, new flooring, etc). And we recently made [...]
What I want to be when I grow up?
Friday, June 20, 2008
Christine went to a Mompreneurs meeting tonight and during our discussion of it, it came up that I would be willing to act as a technical consultant to anyone at that meeting. I have many qualities that make me an excellent technical resource (to paraphrase a friend): I always look for the simple solution I [...]
Love Is Fleeting (a.k.a. What The Flick Just Happened?)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
So you remember this post where I talked about how I loved my job and how I loved the company? Well it turns out that love like that goes from the honeymoon phase right to the divorce phase! That’s right…I just got laid of from The Level! As one might expect, I was a tad [...]
The Next Level In My Career
Saturday, January 12, 2008
In January last year, I started at ACL as a Sales Engineer. I chose ACL because it is a mature company and a market leader with a very well respected product suite. Its products are very well supported and they hire very smart people that advertise, market and develop the heck out of the software. [...]
Why I Will Be Sad To Leave Metasoft
Thursday, January 4, 2007
I will be quite sad about leaving Metasoft, as it is a world class company that really knows how to treat its employees well. The latest example of this just arrived in my inbox: ANNOUNCEMENT It doesn’t happen often, but there are moments in the lives of all Canadians when it is time to put [...]
