So. I left the house to do some errands this morning about an hour or so ago. Right when I was turning off my street, I remembered I had forgotten my phone. No worries I said, I don’t need it. Did my errands, and came home, put away the groceries, dry cleaning, etc. Then remembered […]
IT departments – different standards, different policy/procedures
It’s interesting: “large” (Fortune 500) companies with IT depts, each of them have their own way of doing things, their own policies and procedures, etc. Unisys was a bit “loosey-goosey” with the app I worked on, allowing the developers to move new code into production (I.e., having privileged / admin access). While, both Wells Fargo […]
Home from Appleton, WI – Thrivent first week
Well folks, I’m home. It was a “longish” week, traveling to Appleton, WI for the new job (“on-boarding”, “orientation”, and meeting most of my colleagues). In a way, it was good that I got to do this – meeting my Appleton colleagues gave both myself and them a chance to put a face to a […]
Alex Baldwin…
What the heck: flipping channels in the hotel room, coming across “The Match Game”, with Alec Baldwin as the host, even including the iconic Gene Rayburn (stylish) microphone (long and skinny). Always loved him in Hunt for Red October. Even more than Harrison Ford. I know he was in “hit” TV series 30rock (never watched […]
First day at Thrivent
Day one over. Mostly on-boarding stuff, getting access to all things Thrivent. Reading some docs. Met two members of my team who are based here (both are almost straight out of college and are really nice fellows). The third member is based in MPLS and is on vac this week (but I’ve already met him […]
