My last day of freedom...
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It's not. I've been doing this stuff for the last 7 years. And I've done everything from your standard, run-of-the-mill coding to being responsible for the designs of large systems and seeing that the various groups were doing The Right Thing. Some parts of the job are more fun than others, but in the end, I just like building things. :)
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Hey, even in California picking strawberries there are child labor laws...working since your 14...Hmmmm :laugh: :laugh: Ooops...Gratz man, Good Luck!
You're allowed to work at 14, under child labor laws, as long as it's only part time. ;) Thanks though. :)
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Heh. In this case, it's out of the fire, and into the frying pan. I was working for LandAmerica Title before, which was a huge company...and a title insurance company, no less! ;P At least Cardinal has a forward-thinking vision for technology. With few exceptions, the title industry just doesn't get technology. It was an uphill battle to get the higher-ups to realize that they had to invest in technology. So I'm looking forward to being part of a group of people that actually has funding and support for what they're trying to do. So yeah, I know about the hell I'm entering. But you know what, I'm okay with it. For right now, I'm selling my soul for money. If, at some point, I decide that I'd like my soul back, I'll start doing my own thing. That'll be a bit down the road, though. :)
David Stone wrote:
If, at some point, I decide that I'd like my soul back, I'll start doing my own thing.
Well, when you do, if I'm still alive and kicking, we should check in with each other. :) Marc
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So, I've been taking some time off since I finished school in December to really figure out what I wanted to do now. It's an odd feeling, not having anything that anybody's telling you that you have to do. Anyway, I finally decided I was getting bored of being aimless and, after looking at a bunch of different jobs, I finally found one that looks exciting. On Monday, I'll be starting my new job as a Senior Software Engineer (yes, I'm 21 and a "senior" software engineer. Ironic, eh?) at Cardinal Health[^], here in San Diego. I'll be working on the new revision of their Pyxis[^] line of products, which means that I get to play with new Microsoft stuff, rather than old Microsoft stuff. The cool part is that, because it's so early in the lifecycle, I get to be involved in architectural decisions and the like, which is some of my favorite stuff. :) Time to go update that bio...
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So, I've been taking some time off since I finished school in December to really figure out what I wanted to do now. It's an odd feeling, not having anything that anybody's telling you that you have to do. Anyway, I finally decided I was getting bored of being aimless and, after looking at a bunch of different jobs, I finally found one that looks exciting. On Monday, I'll be starting my new job as a Senior Software Engineer (yes, I'm 21 and a "senior" software engineer. Ironic, eh?) at Cardinal Health[^], here in San Diego. I'll be working on the new revision of their Pyxis[^] line of products, which means that I get to play with new Microsoft stuff, rather than old Microsoft stuff. The cool part is that, because it's so early in the lifecycle, I get to be involved in architectural decisions and the like, which is some of my favorite stuff. :) Time to go update that bio...
David Stone wrote:
My last day of freedom...
I thought you were getting married.. :) jhaga
How to earn 3000€/month online.
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David Stone wrote:
My last day of freedom...
I thought you were getting married.. :) jhaga
How to earn 3000€/month online.
jhaga wrote:
I thought you were getting married..
He is--to his job! Marc
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Congrats. Now try slapping a type on your post, see if it works for anyone besides me.
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
Shog9 wrote:
Congrats. Now try slapping a type on your post, see if it works for anyone besides me.
The whole post type thing is stupid and pointless because 99% of posts are made with the default. :laugh:
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always get punched out when I reach 4.... -- El Corazon
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Shog9 wrote:
Congrats. Now try slapping a type on your post, see if it works for anyone besides me.
The whole post type thing is stupid and pointless because 99% of posts are made with the default. :laugh:
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always get punched out when I reach 4.... -- El Corazon
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Congrats. Now try slapping a type on your post, see if it works for anyone besides me.
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
What have you done?!
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What have you done?!
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So, I've been taking some time off since I finished school in December to really figure out what I wanted to do now. It's an odd feeling, not having anything that anybody's telling you that you have to do. Anyway, I finally decided I was getting bored of being aimless and, after looking at a bunch of different jobs, I finally found one that looks exciting. On Monday, I'll be starting my new job as a Senior Software Engineer (yes, I'm 21 and a "senior" software engineer. Ironic, eh?) at Cardinal Health[^], here in San Diego. I'll be working on the new revision of their Pyxis[^] line of products, which means that I get to play with new Microsoft stuff, rather than old Microsoft stuff. The cool part is that, because it's so early in the lifecycle, I get to be involved in architectural decisions and the like, which is some of my favorite stuff. :) Time to go update that bio...
My former boss worked at Cardinal Health for two years. Don't know if she liked it or not.
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Something horrible but practical. There can be no doubt...
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
It looks ugly. ;P
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It looks ugly. ;P
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David Stone wrote:
My last day of freedom...
I thought you were getting married.. :) jhaga
How to earn 3000€/month online.
jhaga wrote:
I thought you were getting married.
That's what I thought as well. :~
BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere
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David Stone wrote:
My last day of freedom...
I thought you were getting married.. :) jhaga
How to earn 3000€/month online.
Not quite there yet. One of these days, though... :)
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You should have seen the code for faking viewstate... X|
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
Heh. No thanks. BTW, I added a keyboard shortcut for QuickRefresh. Although I'm unhappy with the finger acrobatics it takes to press Ctrl+Alt+R, so I'm going to change it to Alt+Q (for QuickRefresh).
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Heh. No thanks. BTW, I added a keyboard shortcut for QuickRefresh. Although I'm unhappy with the finger acrobatics it takes to press Ctrl+Alt+R, so I'm going to change it to Alt+Q (for QuickRefresh).
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So, I've been taking some time off since I finished school in December to really figure out what I wanted to do now. It's an odd feeling, not having anything that anybody's telling you that you have to do. Anyway, I finally decided I was getting bored of being aimless and, after looking at a bunch of different jobs, I finally found one that looks exciting. On Monday, I'll be starting my new job as a Senior Software Engineer (yes, I'm 21 and a "senior" software engineer. Ironic, eh?) at Cardinal Health[^], here in San Diego. I'll be working on the new revision of their Pyxis[^] line of products, which means that I get to play with new Microsoft stuff, rather than old Microsoft stuff. The cool part is that, because it's so early in the lifecycle, I get to be involved in architectural decisions and the like, which is some of my favorite stuff. :) Time to go update that bio...
Prepare for the paper-work, seriously the amount medial companies have to produce is scary. The company[^] I've done some consulting and contracting for are invovled in some pretty pioneering medical electronics and if something comes in with a faulty board you can almost guarantee that you'll fill half an A4 ring binder of paperwork by the time that board leaves the company (even if it was only a blown capacitor). Luckily because I was an outside and was so cutting-edge that it was only proof of concept stuff I didn't need to produce any documentation. The last big project I did for them before I left for the World Championships & the stem cell transplant had one requirement: sell the idea to management :rolleyes:. Got one hell of a shock when the day of the Christmas party my boss had scheduled a demo for senior management just saying that it was just going to be a really cool demonstration of something and would they mind awfully turning up. Because it was the last official day people had come in to tidy their workplaces etc ready for after Christmas and word got around about something cool that I'd been working on (they knew by this time I got the interesting projects) so after setting up the system in another conference room I went in to join my boss and found the whole company in there (~50 employees at the time, including the secretary). Boss got up and explained what I'd been doing and then said "Ed will now explain what he did...", talk about being being shoved in at the deep-end. I made up some waffle on the fly (most of them were not software people so didn't care) then over to the laptop and just proceeded to fire off a £70,000 2.5T(esla) magnet over the internet through a web-page and they heard and saw the coil fire over a web-cam feed (provided by a Lego VisionCommand camera on a Mindstorms robot of all things, the looks of despair I got when I turned up with Lego and proceeded to built a holder for the web-cam, and getting paid for it :-\). Seriously though, the point of that story was that I was lucky enough to be too far ahead of the came that I needed to document and verify things, test them etc because they realised that for what I wanted the system wasn't designed to do (I basically had to re-write all their control software in C# before I could even begin firing this system, because the existing control software doesn't have an external API
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So, I've been taking some time off since I finished school in December to really figure out what I wanted to do now. It's an odd feeling, not having anything that anybody's telling you that you have to do. Anyway, I finally decided I was getting bored of being aimless and, after looking at a bunch of different jobs, I finally found one that looks exciting. On Monday, I'll be starting my new job as a Senior Software Engineer (yes, I'm 21 and a "senior" software engineer. Ironic, eh?) at Cardinal Health[^], here in San Diego. I'll be working on the new revision of their Pyxis[^] line of products, which means that I get to play with new Microsoft stuff, rather than old Microsoft stuff. The cool part is that, because it's so early in the lifecycle, I get to be involved in architectural decisions and the like, which is some of my favorite stuff. :) Time to go update that bio...
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So, I've been taking some time off since I finished school in December to really figure out what I wanted to do now. It's an odd feeling, not having anything that anybody's telling you that you have to do. Anyway, I finally decided I was getting bored of being aimless and, after looking at a bunch of different jobs, I finally found one that looks exciting. On Monday, I'll be starting my new job as a Senior Software Engineer (yes, I'm 21 and a "senior" software engineer. Ironic, eh?) at Cardinal Health[^], here in San Diego. I'll be working on the new revision of their Pyxis[^] line of products, which means that I get to play with new Microsoft stuff, rather than old Microsoft stuff. The cool part is that, because it's so early in the lifecycle, I get to be involved in architectural decisions and the like, which is some of my favorite stuff. :) Time to go update that bio...
David Stone wrote:
I'm 21 and a "senior" software engineer
Been there. I worked through college for a consulting company. When I graduated, I had four years experience as a programmer on real projects. A lot of my fellow students had either not worked at all or had only done little throwaway projects during their internships. I ended up in a 'senior engineer' slot based on that background. The only bad part of it was the treatment I got from some of the older engineers. It took a long time to earn their respect. They assumed that, since my degree was only a year or two old, I didn't know anything worthwhile. I remember giving a briefing at the local Air Force base a couple years after I got out of school. I had a group of about 30 officers, department heads, and senior developers. I was discussing automated test case generation for Ada software. One of the gray heads in the back popped up and asked "what the hell's this Ada crap good for anyway? I'll bet I can do more in JOVIAL with less code..." Based on little comments he had made during the main part of the briefing, I had the feeling part of this guy's agenda was to discredit the young punk at the front. I spent ten minutes responding to him, citing information from the Ada design document, case studies, and the like. It was all extemporaneous. I waited for just the right amount of glaze over his eyes before I quit. Good luck, and don't let the old farts (like I've now become :-O) get you down.
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