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#331606 - 31/03/2010 21:24 Am I going to be banned?
mschrag
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Registered: 09/09/2000
Posts: 2303
Loc: Richmond, VA
I start my job with the iTunes Store on May 3rd ... What a long strange trip it's been smile

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#331607 - 31/03/2010 21:32 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: mschrag]
drakino
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Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
Welcome back first of all.

And nah, we don't ban Apple employees here. Otherwise Hugo (altman) would have been banned a while back.

Congrats on the new job.

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#331608 - 31/03/2010 22:13 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: mschrag]
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5546
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
Hey, we let Tony hang around here after he went over to the Dark Side in Redmond. I think you're safe...

tanstaafl.
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#331612 - 01/04/2010 00:12 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: tanstaafl.]
Phoenix42
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Registered: 21/03/2002
Posts: 1424
Loc: MA but Irish born
Life is like that. We make the littlest of decisions and end up in the strangest of places.

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#331613 - 01/04/2010 00:14 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: Phoenix42]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
So what else happened on the trip smile
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#331620 - 01/04/2010 12:24 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: msaeger]
mschrag
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Registered: 09/09/2000
Posts: 2303
Loc: Richmond, VA
Hey all ... Sorry I've been gone for so long! It occurred to me that when I left my last job (see http://empegbbs.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/239403/1 smile ), I talked about it on here, so it felt right to come back again.

As far as the rest of the trip: I've been doing the small company thing for about 5 years now, and it was a great decision -- tons of fun. I've been doing WebObjects, Cocoa, iPhone, etc etc development, and the last year or so on contract with Apple. I decided I wanted to give it a shot as an employee, and off I go smile

How's everyone been doing for the last 5 year?!

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#331625 - 01/04/2010 16:48 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: mschrag]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Originally Posted By: mschrag

How's everyone been doing for the last 5 year?!


Jonesin' for a version of Jemplode with all the bugs worked out grin
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#331627 - 01/04/2010 17:36 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: mschrag]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
Originally Posted By: mschrag
How's everyone been doing for the last 5 year?!

Let's see...

Changed jobs, moved to a new state, got married, bought a house 6 months before the market sunk, lost the job a year after buying the house and two days before discovering we'd be having a baby, sat around for 4 months, got a new job, had the baby, lost the job a month later, sat around and played with baby for 5 months, got yet another new job a month ago.

In a nutshell.

In other words, doing well. smile

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#331628 - 01/04/2010 18:59 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: canuckInOR]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Originally Posted By: canuckInOR
lost the job … two days before discovering we'd be having a baby, sat around for 4 months, got a new job, had the baby

Did your wife give birth to a porcupine?
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#331629 - 01/04/2010 20:05 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: wfaulk]
RobotCaleb
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Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 1866
Loc: Austin
Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Originally Posted By: canuckInOR
lost the job … two days before discovering we'd be having a baby, sat around for 4 months, got a new job, had the baby

Did your wife give birth to a porcupine?


Can they survive 3 months premature?

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#331631 - 01/04/2010 23:22 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: wfaulk]
jimhogan
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Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Originally Posted By: canuckInOR
lost the job … two days before discovering we'd be having a baby, sat around for 4 months, got a new job, had the baby

Did your wife give birth to a porcupine?

Certainly he gests!
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#331653 - 02/04/2010 15:11 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: wfaulk]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Originally Posted By: canuckInOR
lost the job … two days before discovering we'd be having a baby, sat around for 4 months, got a new job, had the baby

Did your wife give birth to a porcupine?

Heh. In the interest of brevity, I left out certain details, such as that I spent 5 months at the new job (telecommuting... hello working on the back deck), before the baby was born.

But that does raise an interesting question... are porcupines born with quills, and if so, what happens if the baby is breech?

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#331671 - 02/04/2010 21:10 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: mschrag]
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5546
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
Originally Posted By: mschrag
How's everyone been doing for the last 5 year?!


Got married in 2006 (high school sweetheart from 45 years ago!), saw the crash coming and cashed in my 401K and sold my house in 2007, bought property in Mexico in 2008, retired and moved to Mexico in 2009. Sitting on my deck and loving the view in 2010 (see attached photo).

Four of us went out to dinner two weeks ago, best restaurant in town, specializing in Argentinian beef. Filet Mignon all around, drinks, tip, everything... came to 600 pesos. Don't do the conversion unless you want to be depressed. smile

tanstaafl.


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#331695 - 03/04/2010 18:53 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: tanstaafl.]
Taym
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Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
Bought a second empeg as a spare, sent it to Mark Lord for major customization works; bought a house in 2006 in Rome, renewed it and, piece by piece, am still renewing it. Bough a bigger motorbike in 2007.
Had mlord over in 2008 smile.
In 2009, a devastating Earthquake in my hometown got me reconsider value of life; family and friends are alive, but not all friends' friends or families.
No job changes, but made some carrier that meant some more money a lot more headache, and zero time left.
This made me mostly a lurker here, but still would never give up reading the empeg bbs once in a while.
In 2009 I also installed an alpine+ipod in my car and left my empegs at home, leaning to dislike both the alpine gui and the ipod overall. But, before I move back to the in-car empeg, I should decide whether it is time to change car or not.
Good to read you back!

Edit:
few dates wrong and forgot the earthquake. Freudian, I guess.
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#331696 - 03/04/2010 20:41 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: Taym]
bonzi
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Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
Hi, everybody! I am back, too.

Nothing essential happened in these quarters; no kids, no new marriages, houses, jobs... New Honda Civic Type S, though, without room for empeg. iPod Classic 160GB pressed to try and fill the void; better than nothing. The guy who installed the adapter and pretty cleverly hid the pod while leaving it accessible has to learn few things more about ground loops (alternator whine, but also hard-drive spin-up and seek noise).
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#331697 - 03/04/2010 20:56 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: bonzi]
Taym
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Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
Bonzi! How are things in Croatia these days? smile
And how do you like the Civic Type S?
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#331699 - 03/04/2010 21:05 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: Taym]
bonzi
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Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
Originally Posted By: taym
Bonzi! How are things in Croatia these days? smile

Heh, you can imagine.... We just had the first instance of a former deputy prime minister landing in jail on corruption charges (there might be more). Political life resembles a movie by Bunuel after a screenplay by Ionesco. But we survive...

Originally Posted By: taym
And how do you like the Civic Type S?

Quite. Zippy, still comfortable. I am not particularly sporty driver, so the car's abilities are never used to their full extent. But I can tell you, driving to Milano in it is completely different experience than doing that in Twingo. grin
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#331702 - 03/04/2010 21:24 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: bonzi]
Taym
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Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
Originally Posted By: bonzi
But I can tell you, driving to Milano in it is completely different experience than doing that in Twingo. grin

I can easily believe you. smile
I can't decide whenther i like the new civic type s instruments or not, but it is indeed very sci-fi smile
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#331703 - 03/04/2010 21:34 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: Taym]
bonzi
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Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
Originally Posted By: taym
I can't decide whenther i like the new civic type s instruments or not, but it is indeed very sci-fi smile

Yeah, especially at night, with Garmin at the top center and iPod peeking from below the central cup holder. I can tell I am getting used to a sporty car - I am looking more at the rev meter than the speed. cool
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#331711 - 04/04/2010 02:59 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: bonzi]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
This is a nice thread we have going, actually. My five years:

2006 - Moved to new job at a law firm in DC, as IT admin.
2007 (June-July) - Got married, followed by a dream honeymoon in Italy. Moved into my first home with my wife, living together for the first time. Virtually no problems with that and it's been wonderful.
2007 (October) - laid off from job at the law firm, went into business for myself doing in-home and small business tech support, and loving being my own boss.
2009 (May) - Lost my father to a five year battle with cancer.
2009 (November) - helped my mom move out of the family home of 25 years but into a place that's perfect for her
2010 - looking forward to a better year.
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#331714 - 04/04/2010 03:14 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: Dignan]
drakino
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Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
5 years. Hmm, lets see...

Started out still working at HP, in a dead end position. My options were stay on a life sucking weekend/12 hour shift, move "up" to a senior position with a 22% paycut, or leave the company. Ended up finding work in the games industry and did a total change of profession from hardware to the software side of things. This also involved moving away from the city I grew up in and down into the crazy land of Austin. Spent 3 years working for a well established MMO company, then switched gears slightly and went to a smaller new company with a bit more responsibility. Been there a year now, with lots of work still in front of me, but overall pretty happy with the way things have turned out. Been really enjoying Austin and it's culture, and look forward to many more years here.

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#331715 - 04/04/2010 03:42 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: drakino]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
I pretty much just went from one dead-end job to another. I can't wait for the economy to turn around so I can feel like I'm learning something again.
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#331718 - 04/04/2010 11:28 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: wfaulk]
mschrag
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Registered: 09/09/2000
Posts: 2303
Loc: Richmond, VA
Wow -- completely forgot to mention the SOOORTT of important "had two kids" smile I was focusing on the "work life" side. I had a son (Andrew) Aug 2005, and a daughter (Olivia) Dec 2007 ... Having kids is the most annoying awesome thing ever smile

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#331748 - 05/04/2010 03:26 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: mschrag]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Right around the time of your big decision to change gears career-wise, I was making a similar decision of my own. I had been doing software development at a large financial services company for 5.5 years and was pretty much tired of it, so I got my resume out there, and was fortunate enough to get an interview with and eventually a job offer from the Software Engineering Institute. It involved leaving behind a lot of friends and moving across the state, but I accepted the offer, and 5+ years later, I'm certain I made the right decision.

I still miss my hometown and many of the people there, but the new job is orders of magnitude more rewarding and challenging, and life outside of work is more fulfilling as well. I met the love of my life soon after I moved here, and we got married last July.

So, life has been pretty good since reaching for the brass ring in late 2004. Glad yours has been good, too!
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#331750 - 05/04/2010 06:03 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: mschrag]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
Last 5 years:

June 2006 - Got married
Feb 2007 - Moved house
May 2008 - Had Charlie, now aged almost-two.
Mar 2010 - Quit my job; lined up a new one, taking some time off because of...
Mar 2010 - Had Alice, now aged 7 days.

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#331754 - 05/04/2010 10:37 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: Roger]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
Originally Posted By: Roger
Mar 2010 - Had Alice, now aged 7 days.

Congratulations! That's wonderful!
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#331767 - 05/04/2010 14:58 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: Roger]
bonzi
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Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
Alice, welcome to the world, and among empeggers!
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#331769 - 05/04/2010 15:02 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: bonzi]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
Erm, 5 years you say....

Well, I changed jobs in October 2005. But other than that, nothings really changed.
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#331781 - 05/04/2010 18:54 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: andym]
DWallach
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Registered: 30/04/2000
Posts: 3810
Five years ago, May 2005, within a 24 hour window, I got tenure and became a father. It's all been something of a blur since thereafter, but without any major life-changing events.

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#331794 - 06/04/2010 12:12 Re: Am I going to be banned? [Re: DWallach]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Hmmm - five years... I am in the same job, only more seniority, more pay, more hours, less holiday, responsibility for 100-odd folks in 18 countries...

Faster car, which is nice - I gave the Impreza Turbo PPP to SWMBO and got a faster beast!

Expanded the family - had another daughter, so now have had 3 kids since getting my empeg.

Moved two doors down to a bigger house on the same street.

Oh, and have my mid-life crisis in full swing:

have got a bike after 25 years away from riding - Yamaha 750 Super Tenere

the rock band is doing well, we now have the album (Alkomatic) finally mastered, and the release date fixed at 6 June. Gigging around UK - big London show in September at Club Antichrist
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