Signs you have a cool boss.

You walk in and the first thing he does is ask how you’re doing and you explain that you were up to “only” 2AM because you were playing the new Wrath of the Lich King expansion for WoW and without missing a beat he says with a smile: “Oh, surprised you didn’t just call in . . . → Read More: Signs you have a cool boss.

A question for you photography and textiles types.

OK I need some help here in regards to white balancing digital cameras. This is job related, but due to the NDA I can’t go into too many details. Suffice it to say that we currently white balance digital cameras using a large piece of white foam board (20” by 30”) and we currently white . . . → Read More: A question for you photography and textiles types.

So it looks like I’ll be on afternoons for awhile.

Our afternoon shift person never showed up yesterday. They called at one point and said they were stuck in a traffic jam, but then we never heard from them again despite a couple of phone calls and voice mails sent to their cell phone. We have no idea what happened, if they’re hurt, or if . . . → Read More: So it looks like I’ll be on afternoons for awhile.

Back on midshift and I have a headache…

… no, it’s not job related. Just a mild headache today for no apparent reason. Last week was hell here at work and it kept me hopping most of the time. Things have finally settled down, though, and being back on mid-shift means I can definitely afford to relax a bit more. Now if I . . . → Read More: Back on midshift and I have a headache…

Today was a long and rough day at work.

In total the power outage last Thursday caused issues with some 53 motherboards in total and I had to touch each and every one of them today. When I got lucky it took nothing more than a reboot to get them back up and running and when I wasn’t lucky I had to replace the . . . → Read More: Today was a long and rough day at work.

Yeah, this is going to be a fun week…

So I’m flying solo this week. The boss and our mid-shift guy, who was originally our morning shift guy but has since taken on a new project that will move him out of being a Tech to being something else infinitely more important, are out in California for training this week. Thus leaving yours truly . . . → Read More: Yeah, this is going to be a fun week…

So the first day on the job was very interesting.

Started off with sitting in on a conference call where they went over the second 12 page NDA-Plus-We-Own-Your-Soul contract that I had to sign a half-hour before I actually arrived at the new job. Met the good folks on the team I’ll be working with, looks like I’m the old man on the crew again, . . . → Read More: So the first day on the job was very interesting.

The last day at the old job.

It’s funny how the last day on a job you’re about to resign from ends up being somewhat bittersweet even if the job wasn’t all that great to begin with. At least it seems that way if you’ve got a halfway decent working relationship with your coworkers, which I somehow managed to develop in the . . . → Read More: The last day at the old job.

Some movement on the job hunting front.

Seems the IT industry is picking up a bit here in Michigan, or at least it seems to be. I’ve gotten a few emails recently with companies that had short-term jobs on offer and if I were out of work I’d probably have tried for one or two of them, but two to six weeks . . . → Read More: Some movement on the job hunting front.

Indian outsourcers set up shop… in America.

It was only a matter of time I suppose:

Indian Outsourcer Plans Delivery Center in Ohio – Yahoo! News

As Indian service providers get closer to their U.S. and European customers, India’s largest outsourcer, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has set up shop in a suburb of Cincinnati.

The company’s new services delivery center will be . . . → Read More: Indian outsourcers set up shop… in America.