Tonight we went to spin class early and we got home, then between TV and chipping away at some work stuff, it's suddenly almost 10:00 at night. I had plenty of time to sit down and write a post, yet here we are late in the day.
So I got a full-time job. The life of a contractor is (and was) great. But an opportunity has come up that I felt was a good one to jump at. In reality, it is pretty much no-risk as the contracting house I was using is still there, and if this doesn't work out, it'll still be there. So I am giving this a go. I had these show up at the house last weekend:
I have no idea what that phone number is. I guess I should call it and see if it forwards to my phone. Or if one of you wants to call, go for it. But can you do it tomorrow morning?
I am also a TPA, which can be a Technical Product Architect or a Toilet Paper Aficionado. Or the A can stand for Asshole. Feel free to make up an abbreviation.
My main role is to help design the product, working as a connection between the clients, sales, support, and development. Technically I am part of development. My role is a mix of customer-facing requirements gathering that I use to help shape the product, enablement of 3rd party contractors to help implement the product, and development when I have the time. There probably are very few people reading now.
@Dominique has told me that the only people who really understand my work babble are
@fidodie and
@jmanic. Hey guys, how's it going?
I travel more with this job, which I like as long as it's not too odious. I was supposed to go to both Chicago and Durham this month but it looks like they both got canned. Other possible destinations the first half of the year are those 2, plus Delaware, Seattle, Vegas, Louisville, Minnesota (maybe 2 different ones), Stanford, Phoenix, and honestly who the hell else knows where. I think of those 10, I'll do maybe 3 of them. We have all sorts of irons in the fire so they kind of come and go randomly. If I go back to Durham I'll hit up the art museum and whatever else Steve insist on.
So that is that. I have been exclusive with this company since March so as much as it seems like a "new" job, I am just going from consultant to FTE and nothing changes, other than I have more free reign to help in other areas that I was kept out of before.
So yeah, I work. New year, new job, new something or other. Looking forward to seeing what all this amounts to in the coming year. WIsh me luck. I'll send food pics when I'm out and about.