Breaking radio silence
2008-02-08 05:57 -
I’ve been up to a lot of things over the past two months since my last update that I haven’t been able to discuss publicly until the whole process was over.
Everything has settled down now, so I can finally write about everywhere I’ve been recently.
As I alluded to earlier, I went through the job interview process with two high-profile companies recently – Google and Facebook. I ended up choosing to go to Google, and started there two weeks ago. This does mean that I’ve left Three Rings, unfortunately. I’m missing working with everyone – Puzzle Pirates has one of the most incredible playerbases and development/support teams out there, and it’s been a privilege being a part of it.
I had a rather refreshing break in December which allowed me to regain a good deal of my strength. I got to spend time with family and with Nora and Amber over the holidays in the Midwest.
I withdrew from Caltech the Friday before second term started, and spent the first week of second term packing all my things and getting paperwork out of the way. The next two weeks were mostly playing games, blowing off steam, and sorting out all the final logistics for starting.
Dilation is now thankfully reliably under 2 hours, and sometimes 1.5 hours or less. It’s getting a lot more manageable now for me to interleave into a work schedule. Fortunately, there’s a bus line that takes me right from my place to the shuttle, so the commute is less hectic than it could be. That, and the shuttle has wireless!
Google is a truly amazing place to work, and I feel very much at home and productive. I definitely think that I made the right decision to leave Caltech and spend some time in the ‘real world’.
I’ll be visiting Southern CA a week from now for President’s Day weekend. Ping me if you’re interested in meeting up.
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Congrats on the job! Glad to see your blog back up. Hope you are well. Miss you. – N
— Nikki Feb 14, 07:59 AM #