First day as a NITIot
For a while, I had been finding my work at NEC/Cray a bit... I don't know, like I wasn't going anywhere. I was making good money, and the light amount of work allowed me to work on a lot of things on the side, but I figured I should start thinking about going out and taking on something new. I just thought about it, though, and never really did anything about it.
Until December 1st 2001, that is, when Alexandre Marcoux, a childhood friend of mine, died. It wasn't entirely surprising, as he had a heart transplant about 15 years before (about the time it is expected to last), and he has had a philosophy that he would what life he had to the fullest, which included smoking and drinking, obviously not the best for that kind of health. Ironically, in the last few years, where I lost contact with him, he came around and decided that he'd take better care and try to get another transplant when it would come down to it.
That reminded me pretty strongly that no, we do not have all the time in the world. If I wanted to do something with my life, I had better get down to it, because it wouldn't happen by itself.
As I went back to work after that, coincidentally, I had an email from apenwarr, telling me that his company was opening an R&D office in Montreal, asking if I was interesting in joining them. So I did!
Until December 1st 2001, that is, when Alexandre Marcoux, a childhood friend of mine, died. It wasn't entirely surprising, as he had a heart transplant about 15 years before (about the time it is expected to last), and he has had a philosophy that he would what life he had to the fullest, which included smoking and drinking, obviously not the best for that kind of health. Ironically, in the last few years, where I lost contact with him, he came around and decided that he'd take better care and try to get another transplant when it would come down to it.
That reminded me pretty strongly that no, we do not have all the time in the world. If I wanted to do something with my life, I had better get down to it, because it wouldn't happen by itself.
As I went back to work after that, coincidentally, I had an email from apenwarr, telling me that his company was opening an R&D office in Montreal, asking if I was interesting in joining them. So I did!