Monday, April 30, 2007
Okay, I want to get a posting in so I can keep up at least one posting each month. Really quick, I'm not working right now. I got laid off. This time it was a more friendly layoff than previous ones, but it was for basically the same reason: too many people at my company and not enough work for them to do.
So if anyone knows anyone anywhere looking for software engineers, more specifically dealing with Java or C#, let me know.
In the process of interviewing I did achieve another of my yearly goals. I had a job interview in Delaware, a state I had never been to.
I have had a lot of job leads and alot more are coming. My biggest issue seems to be getting past the phone interviews. I'm not good at talking about myself to begin with, but put me on a phone with someone I've never talked to and I'm even worse.
Oh, well. I'll survive.
I have alot of stories to tell and most will wait til another day. I have the tv shows How I Met your Mother, 24, and Heroes on tape I want to go watch. (Don't get me started on them cancelling Drive already.) But one story I'd like to tell now. Today, a headhunter was setting up a phone interview for me. She emailed me the information to my hotmail account and I replied that I got the information. I'm now using the beta version of the new hotmail that has similarities to gmail. The hotmail beta went crazy and sent the reply confirmation to the headhunter over two hundred times!!! That's right. She calls me up to tell me that I'm email-bombing her. Luckily she was understanding. I did have 200 copies of that email in my sent folder. Anyway, apparently the only reason it stopped sending is because it hit the maximum amount of emails I am allowed to send in a 24 hour period. So right now, I can't send any email from my hotmail account. When 24 hours go by, I hope it doesn't continue sending those emails.
Anyway, I'll definitely try to write another post this week, if not more.
So if anyone knows anyone anywhere looking for software engineers, more specifically dealing with Java or C#, let me know.
In the process of interviewing I did achieve another of my yearly goals. I had a job interview in Delaware, a state I had never been to.
I have had a lot of job leads and alot more are coming. My biggest issue seems to be getting past the phone interviews. I'm not good at talking about myself to begin with, but put me on a phone with someone I've never talked to and I'm even worse.
Oh, well. I'll survive.
I have alot of stories to tell and most will wait til another day. I have the tv shows How I Met your Mother, 24, and Heroes on tape I want to go watch. (Don't get me started on them cancelling Drive already.) But one story I'd like to tell now. Today, a headhunter was setting up a phone interview for me. She emailed me the information to my hotmail account and I replied that I got the information. I'm now using the beta version of the new hotmail that has similarities to gmail. The hotmail beta went crazy and sent the reply confirmation to the headhunter over two hundred times!!! That's right. She calls me up to tell me that I'm email-bombing her. Luckily she was understanding. I did have 200 copies of that email in my sent folder. Anyway, apparently the only reason it stopped sending is because it hit the maximum amount of emails I am allowed to send in a 24 hour period. So right now, I can't send any email from my hotmail account. When 24 hours go by, I hope it doesn't continue sending those emails.
Anyway, I'll definitely try to write another post this week, if not more.
Labels: 2007, 24, Drive, email, goals, job search, new years, states, tv, work
Sunday, January 14, 2007
I'm rushing this post because the season premiere of 24 is about to come on.
Now that new episodes of tv shows are starting up, I probably won't be watching movies as much, but I did get to see movie #6 this weekend. I saw Casino Royale. I saw it before New Years in the theatres. There were movies I hadn't seen that I want to see, but I had a free ticket coupon that expired this weekend and it was only good for movie out more than ten days and I didn't feel like seeing any of the other non-new releases. I really did like the movie. It's different than any of the other Bond movies, especially the newer ones. There are no fancy gadgets that would seem out of place in the real world today. And the main bond girl, Eva Green, alone makes it worth seeing. It was definitely worth paying the full price the first time and it was definitely worth seeing a second time.
Okay, time for 24 to start. Last season, the first minute had me saying, "Holy Shit!" over and over and over. So, I definitely don't want to miss any this season.
Now that new episodes of tv shows are starting up, I probably won't be watching movies as much, but I did get to see movie #6 this weekend. I saw Casino Royale. I saw it before New Years in the theatres. There were movies I hadn't seen that I want to see, but I had a free ticket coupon that expired this weekend and it was only good for movie out more than ten days and I didn't feel like seeing any of the other non-new releases. I really did like the movie. It's different than any of the other Bond movies, especially the newer ones. There are no fancy gadgets that would seem out of place in the real world today. And the main bond girl, Eva Green, alone makes it worth seeing. It was definitely worth paying the full price the first time and it was definitely worth seeing a second time.
Okay, time for 24 to start. Last season, the first minute had me saying, "Holy Shit!" over and over and over. So, I definitely don't want to miss any this season.
Labels: 2007, 24, goals, movies, tv
