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Duck and Cover! - March 17, 2008

We were told today that the IT department was laying off some "associates" today. I know of one person who was given "the box" today, and a rumor of 20 others also let go. An "All Hands" meeting is scheduled for Tuesday to discuss the new organization, but not until 4pm! So everybody make sure to get your work done before we give out the pink slips! Meeting was canceled.

This announcement comes on the heels of the "voluntary separation program" they offered long time employees. Today was the last day for those who took advantage of that program. So there were lots of folks packing up their personal belongings. Voluntary for some, not so for others.

I feel sorry for those folks who were let go. It is an expected, albeit ugly bi-product of the company being acquired. I'm sure this is only the first step in an inevitable long period of change for the company.

It's funny, but I joined the company to have some job stability. Two years in, it appears I'm headed for stormy waters again. I don't regret the move at all - stormy waters are a lot easier to handle in a nice boat, and I'm confident that I have enough life jackets on board to survive and crew for another captain.

It has made me think more about stopping development on all my personal "projects" that are fun but I know won't make any money and focus on improving and marketing the one that currently does.

Honestly, I'm not that worried about my job. Maybe it is my general optimistic view on the world, arrogance, or simple naivete, but I feel important and talented enough that I should continue to contribute to the organization - and besides that our manager has told us that we are not in danger - as far as he knows (he is in another 10x10 cubicle three down from me so I'm not about to go "all in" on that opinion).

I hope to know more about the future tomorrow soon. But for now, only those in the corner offices really know.

#  | 10:33 PM |  Comments Closed (0)  |  (Tags: Development, Work)

Finishing the Basics - October 25, 2007

I'm still working out some of the basics of the blog display system. I've finished the comment module, both getting new comments and displaying the previous ones. One thing I did differently on this incarnation of the site is integrate the comments, and the comment form with the blog entry, and display them with a little CSS and Javascript. Now clicking on the "Comments" link will show all previous comments, and the comment entry form.

I've also finished up with the archive retrieval processes. This wasn't that big of a deal, but what made it fun was to do "paging" when the results exceed what I show on the page (currently 10 entries).

Another thing I did differently here is not group the entries by day. Previously I had a heading for the day, and then I'd show all entries on that day. Now I just show them still in reverse chronological order, but I don't do any day grouping. It just seems to make more sense.

RSS is also in place for those who like to subscribe.

I've still got to work on the navigation on the top, and bring the other content areas online. Trackbacks are another area to drop in.

I hope you like the changes - they've been fun and not that much work. It just took a long time to get around to it.

#  | 11:01 PM |  Comments Closed (0)  |  (Tags: Development, Software)