As one might so commonly read on IT employee blogs, “our team has been laid off”.
That’s right, the whole team is being outsourced to Singapore, effective Jan 31.
It will be a near-future disaster for the company, though it might encourage the abandonment of many applications and proceedures which I’ve been complaining about for years. But though on paper it looks like money saved, I suspect it will end up as more costly to keep things working/improving or a less expensive disaster where nothing works.
I’ve been very remiss at updating the blog here… I’ve had lots of good family time and some travels, some interesting stories and what-not.
but no… I’ve not been updating with anything important… and I’m apparently not going to start… Here’s a very minor update:
I’m getting on a greyhound bus today from Columbus to Louisville. Going to a few “in-the-office meetings” and also to help Karen and Bryan (Anita’s Mom & Stepfather) as they frantically get moved from their house in the suberbs to their Victorian house in Old Louisville.
For anyone who had a really hard time getting just the free expander for stuffit (.sitx files) – here’s the link:
StuffIt Expander: Free file expansion – Windows
StuffIt Expander: Free file expansion – Mac
My past 3 weeks… I’ve worked ~210 hours… that averages to 70 hours per week… but really I worked almost 100 hours in one 7 day period. One day, i worked from 6am – 2am, and one day I worked from 9am – 2am. Always getting up and working the next day by 9am at the latest and working more than a full day… every day.
Why would I do such horrendous work?
AutoHotkey – Free Mouse and Keyboard Macro Program with Hotkeys and AutoText:
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