Before the holiday break I accepted a role at Granular, a farm management SAAS company. I will be working on similar infrastructure automation tasks as my previous roles, but with more cutting edge tech. I gave notice at HotSchedules today; my last day will be some time next week. I start at Granular on Jan 14, and will be visiting their HQ in Des ( Read more... )

When I moved to Chicago I knew that there would be colder winters and warmer summers than in Boston. I committed to toughing it out, and I've experienced worse in the past (barely, rarely). Tonight, I saw an animated sign outside a bank with the temperature on it. It read "+33°F". Can you guess which character in that string got me thinking about ( Read more... )

I moved because of a job offer. I accidentally applied for a job in Chicago, thinking it was in San Francisco due to some website filtering shenanigans. Fast forward a few days and I get an email asking "are you willing to relocate to Chicago", to which I respond with a cautions affirmative. A few phone interviews and some negotiation later and I ( Read more... )