My musings on tech and life

It's been a while


So, yes, I know. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted something in here.

In the last few months, I’ve managed to find myself a new job, stay relatively safe from COVID-19 (after a weird couple of days), and managed to find myself in a fair amount of stress.

We are in a bit of a “Groundhog day” situation. As a reminder, you can get burned out when you work from home.

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"I just can't afford to keep you anymore."


…and like that, a 5 year contractor position is gone.

Oh well. I’m job hunting again right now, so, this should be fun.

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Michelin Stars in DC


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My thoughts on the NYT Child Sex Abuse Article


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Job Hunt: Update


So, apparently one of my jobs failed to tell me that it was a cleared position.

Here’s my issue…I haven’t held a security clearance in almost 10 years, and I honestly have zero intention of going through that process again.

Scratch one job off of my list.

Also, the Engineering Manager job that I really wanted said no…with zero feedback as to why they rejected me after two really good interviews.

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