India Trip Photos
Posted June 25th, 2008 under india, photos, what I do for moneyI finally uploaded the pictures
from my trip to India.
You can see them here.
India Trip: Part 2.5 - because I never get to use “dichotomy”
Posted June 24th, 2008 under dichotomy, india, travellog, what I do for moneyI should have included this in my previous post, but, honestly, I never get to use the word dichotomy anywhere that doesn’t seemed forced (like plethra), so I felt this needed it’s own article.
I’m a North American boy… grew up near Canada, visited Mexico a few times, but mainly hung in the mid-west of the US of A. I’ve been to both coasts a few times. Why is that meaningful? Well, it probably isn’t, but it should give you context to my point of view. My conclusions may just be based on uninformed perspectives/experiences. (more…)
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India Trip: Part 2 - the people and things to do
Posted June 20th, 2008 under india, perspective, travellog, what I do for moneyAgain, I’m just going with some random perspectives on what I saw and experienced… very much train of thought. You can see the pictures I took here.
- •The people are incredibly nice. Often, they want to practice their english with native speakers, so you will find yourself being engaged in conversation with everyone.
- •Even though you may be tempted, DO NOT ORDER A STEAK AT ANY RESTAURANT. It’s not that they
will be offended. If it’s on the menu, it’s there for a reason. It’s not going to be good, though. I told a friend I was going to India and going to have a steak, so I felt obligated. It’s not that I wanted to offend anyone, I thought it would be ironic. Little did I know the levels the irony would take. It was the most dreadful piece of meat I’ve seen. Not only did that cow die of old age, it must have laid alongside the road while someone performed some ceremony for days on end. (more…)
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And the beat goes on…
Posted June 19th, 2008 under career, lessons learned, life, what I do for moneyI took a new job with a different company. You can check here to see the details, but the bottom line is that I realized fairly early on that the work and general approach to software development where I ended up was not inline with my overall career goals. I like…
→ agile development
→ open source/Internet development communities
→ building applications that people I know will use and find value in
→ doing something I can show my kids and they’ll get
Luckily, a local company I’ve had my eye on opened up a management position. Three people who were on my team at AOL all have jobs there and were kind enough to go recommend me to the hiring manager. In my second week, I’m already more relaxed then during my 5th month at the other place. I have no more insight into the “business” of what we do here than I did at the last place, but I’m more comfortable with the people and my abilities to contribute. I need to research and post about “rebound jobs” in the future, but I still need a bit more distance to get that objectivity back.
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India Trip: Part 1 - the logistics of traveling
Posted June 18th, 2008 under india, travellog, what I do for moneyBack at my rebound job, part of my responsibilities was to review and recommend an outsourcing vendor for the IT work on my project. The financials were fairly significant (IMO) and warranted a visit to each company site in India. There is nothing better than sitting across the table from people to either build or ruin your confidence in them. I’ll post another day about the value I found in the trip itself and process I followed, but I wanted to give a quick summary of the actual logistics of my traveling there.
