The Workermonkey

Friday, September 20, 2013

Moving On, Moving Forward 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 9/20/2013 03:30:00 PM

so once again i find myself moving on and taking another new job. hopes are high once again. today was my last at eppendorf, i've basically been on the matt barone goodbye parade all week making sure i connect with everyone i'm leaving. my exit interview was this morning at 11 and then i walked out, had lunch with a bunch of hte gang and right now i'm just killing time until they all get out and join me for a few drinks tonight.

i played this one completely classy and professional. no F bombs this time. i guess you could say i'm growing up. well, only a little.

while i say i'm killing time, i've been surprisingly productive. i had to order my new iphone online because everyone in the area is sold out of gold ones. i ordered myself some personal business cards. signed up for Startup Weekend Hartford. took care of all my facebook/twitter/linkedin/email needs and cleaned all those up. this is mostly part of the new project i'd like to force myself to get moving on.

i'm typing this on my new laptop, a little samsung chromebook. i needed something mobile i could work on and type with. so far i love it. its working out great. i've picked up some other odds and ends in my attempt to be a mobile professional, the new phone will be part of that, i've got a decent set of headphones, i bought a nice little moleskin notebook and a new box of my favorite pens! gee! the business cards were close to hte last step, i still need a good messanger bag for all of it but i've been researching those and i'm close to pulling the trigger on one. i was hoping i could get my sister to pay for it. no such luck.

as much as i'm starting a new job. i'm hoping to start a new life. i've been pretty barebones and commitment free the last 6 months or so. its time to move forward. better job to pay the bills. start my own job on the side. buy a house for crying out loud, its time. tim's been great for putting up with me but it's time we both become adults. or something more closely resembling adulthood. or maybe just drinking less, that seems to be helping so far.

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Just make sure the next place has a spare room you can rent for $600 a month...

By  Unknown, at Friday, September 20, 2013 7:04:00 PM  

congratulations.

about fucking time.

By  Anonymous, at Tuesday, September 24, 2013 2:23:00 PM  

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Sunday, September 08, 2013

mind = blown 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 9/08/2013 06:54:00 PM

i started taking a course on udacity.com on web development and I've probably learned more in a hour of lesson 1 than i have in years fo fucking around on the internet myself. a whole bunch of stuff now makes more sense to me. i'm thinking this should be a standard part of all high school curriculum these days.

the course itself is cool and prety easy to follow and learn with. i like that i's a bunch short youtube videos with some interaction. great way to keep my focus on it or i'd be playing games will the videos run and learn nothing. MAKE ME LEARN! good work udacity.

it's taught by a kid who build reddit and hipmonk, which makes me think he has the credibility, but at hte same time i've failed in life that this kid is so much better at things i've grown up learning and using. it makes me feel old. apparently i'm going to keep having this feeling. it seems to be happening more and more often lately. fuck.

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Its like when Caesar wept when he saw a statue of Alexander the great, realizing that by the time Alexander was his own age, Alexander had already subjugated most of the known world and had declared himself a god.

By  Unknown, at Monday, September 09, 2013 12:53:00 PM  

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