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Now It Can Be Told


Some of you have noticed content getting a little sparse around here. While it’s been exaggerated recently by my Atlanta/Miami adventures and failure to crosspost all my Fanblogs stuff, it’s been an off-and-on problem since February, when some massive changes took place at the office and sent most of my group scurrying toward Monster.com. We’ve lost roughly one programmer per month since then.

And now it’s my turn to depart. After eight months of looking, including phone interviews with five organizations and on-sites with three, I’ve accepted a Senior Programmer position with a contracting firm in Tysons Corner, working on the client’s site in Bailey’s Crossroads. In two weeks, I’ll be leaving Short Pump and Richmond behind, heading in the direction I’ve wanted to go since I graduated from Tech.

So what does this mean for BTN? Well, the little block at top-left will have a new “Current time in” location, once I narrow it down past “somewhere in 703-land.” I should have a bit more time to write now, depending on how much of my newly-acquired free time is eaten up by traffic (early guess: a lot). Expect the odd complaint about cost-of-living, some early road-geekery as I get my commute figured out, some political observations (well, of course — I am moving even closer to DC), and no commentary on work whatsoever.

I’ll miss the office here in Richmond and the co-workers I’ve worked with since I was a freshman in college (and, oh yeah, the associate discount). But it’s time for me to head somewhere north.

So, anyone up for an Expos Senators Grays ticket package?

26 October 2004 / 4 Comments / Tags: life, nova

Comments on “Now It Can Be Told”

  1. Welcome to the jungle!

    And after you get settled, drop me a line and we’ll do dinner.

    capt.taco on October 27th, 2004 at 10:28 am
  2. Congratulations on the new job. I hope this works out better for than your current employer.

    Speaking of which, I was in the market for a new TV recently. I shopped around at Circuit City and Best Buy, and of course bought one from Best Buy. No particular grudge against CC, but Best Buy had a slightly better deal. Though the sales guy kept trying to sell me the stupid monster cables. At one point he even said it trasmitted the signal faster. I just wanted to smack him. Even for the digital DVI cable, he said I needed the $100 monster cable. I tried to explain to him what ‘digital’ meant.

    But anyways, I am looking forward to the football game tomorrow. ESPN broadcasts the Thursday night games in HD. Hi-Def Hokies, awww yeah.

    Alex Kalita on October 27th, 2004 at 12:32 pm
  3. Yeah, the one downside of this is that I start work the week of the Maryland Thursday night game. No Blacksburg for me that night, unless my Facility Access Request gets seriously fubar. So I’ve got to either pray that my cable gets installed quickly (ha!) or find a place to watch that night.

    Didn’t you know Monster cables defy the laws of physics, Alex? The electrons in that DVI cable are slower than the ones in the Monster cable.

    Josh on October 27th, 2004 at 5:56 pm
  4. Good luck as you head off to the wild world of the District. Who knows, depending on the interview situation, I may be heading that way myself in about 8 or 9 months.

    Bret on October 29th, 2004 at 2:26 am