My first day at the new gig was, well, like any other first day. You mostly spend time getting your comprooder how you like it (or in this case a VM on my laptop), and that's mostly it.
Right now it's not entirely clear which project or client I'll be working with, so this week will be a little slow going. While I'm at the office though, I have some office space and a window, which is absolutely an upgrade from my last gig. Chances are that the company won't be in that office forever, as it's not adequate to grow in.
I took the job mostly because I think the owner is a smart guy who understands what my intentions are for work. He knows that I want to be "amused" by what I do. He gets expectation management, and that it applies to your own people as well as external clients.
While the future is not entirely clear, in terms of specific work, it sounds like there is a lot of room to potentially try new things and get into the tools that make the most sense. For example, there's a project I might engage in that could be WPF based if I thought it made sense. That'd be pretty interesting to me.
Of course, the other part of this equation is that I feel a lot more at ease knowing that I can pay for all of my travel between now and our wedding.
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