My first real experience at a start-up has finally come to an end. It is a great product that had very bad timing. I expected us to weather the storm, but I did not expect my last day to be last week. I put in some crazy hours, worked around multiple changes, and made some friends along the way.
It hasn't been a total loss because I've learned a few things:
- Things can change in a heartbeat.
- Preparing for the worst isn't fun, but it is less painful than being caught off guard.
- Nobody really fully understands javascript, but it's not that hard to learn.
- Internet Explorer sucks, but its quirks can be worked around.
- Ruby on Rails can be a lot of fun if you take some time to get into it.
All in all, it's been a positive experience. I hope it does well, and maybe I'll have a chance to work there again. In the meantime, it's back to ronin work on the WWW.
This part of the year is all about transition. The world waits for a new president to take over, and I'm waiting to see where I'll be working next year. I'm not very good about waiting for stuff to happen, so I've been keeping myself busy with big plans.
Whenever I have big plans, my blog seems to suffer.
I want this website to be updated continually, but I don't want this blog to just be a blog of links to other blog. I want it to house my thoughts and observations, but I want my words and pictures to be fully developed before they go up. At the same time I'd like to present something new everyday.
So for this reason, I'm going to update the Ephemera part of my blog (on the top right of this site) every day. It's going to have interesting links that I think you should check out. My comics and posts will slow down a little, but the quality will improve.
This will give me some extra time to work on my big project. I've worked with a lot of guys with big plans, and I think I've come up with my own. I'm really excited about this, and I hope to give you some details soon. Thanks for reading, stay tuned!
Welcome to the world, baby! Congratulations to Andy and Melissa on their 5lb 15oz 18.5inch bundle of gangsta.
