Just want to write down some more random stuff on my mind and talk about stuff that is happening. I'll start with the person I had to interview yesterday. I had a 45 minute time to talk to them out of almost 3 hours they were here seeing 4 different people. I got the chance to ask 4 questions. That was it since they talked so much, I tried interrupting but they kept on going. Yes it is nice you want to talk about yourself and talk yourself up to me but give me a chance to find out what I need. It gave me doubts about how well they would work in a team which is vital here as opposed to just trying to do things their way. Other than that they were a good candidate though.
Speaking of jobs, I talked to my boss the other day expressing my desire to change things. Either do this job somewhere else, pay me more so we can move or I look for something else somewhere else in the country or here. He actually seemed sincere in helping me, at least more so than previous bosses when I talk to them about these things. I'm looking around a little bit to see what else is out there while my boss thinks on this and I get a chance to talk to him about it again.
I want to try the amazon app on my iphone after seeing my wife use it on her phone this weekend. Standing there in best buy, scanning the bar codes on items and seeing them come up in amazon for 1/3 or more less was just too cool and convenient. Since we have amazon prime we get free 2 day shipping on stuff so we ordered things from amazon standing in best buy and they turned up Tuesday/Wednesday. For things you don't need right there and then it just seems far too convenient not to use.
I'm still dealing with more bugs and fallout of the just incredibly poor design decisions in the code that the person who is leaving wrote. How he even managed to become a "senior software engineer" I don't know other than just being around long enough. Mind you "senior" in a title just means 5 to 7 years experience. I've been there, went through "principle" which is at 10 years or so (although I got to that point in 6 :-) ) and am now at what is classified as a "systems architect" although we don't really use titles here, just job grades. I really wish it was just ability that got people promoted and not all the other political crap or length of service kind of things.
A good thing about today, I get to leave work early to go pick the wife up so she can start her physiotherapy again. She really needs to get her shoulder back in to good working order so it doesn't hurt so much and has it's full mobility back. Last year it was so bad she could barely get her hand behind her back let alone reach up to her shoulder blades back there. Hmm, a good thing for me leaving early for something to treat a bad thing. Really this is kind of a mixed bag isn't it.
Enough for now, I have bugs to fix and an interview debrief to attend. Until next time whomever you are reading this, I only know who a few of you probably are from looking at the stats on this blog.
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