There is not much that I crab about or get irritated with these days, but this morning takes the cake. I had something to do at work today, an all day long thing (upgrade of a product I support). Knowing 35w is under construction/closed, I drove to the MOA train station (actually the 28th ave. […]
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Good day at work – probably was coding a new enhancement
Gotta be quick, we’re about to pull into the (Beautiful Downtown) AV transit station. Had a great day today work-wise. Yesterday wasn’t so bad either. In fact, had a great week last week as well. Most of the time work is just ordinary, but there are some days when it’s really fun and not the […]
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 […]
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 […]
