I can’t believe I’m 32 already. It seems like only yesterday I wrote the post about my 31st birthday. But no… I checked and it was one year ago. So what happened over the last year? Let’s recount…
On the personal level, well… friends have gone in and out of my life, specifically one new friend that I’m inclined not to talk about which is unfortunate because the last month or so has been pretty great thanks to her. I’ve also spent the last 2 months getting ready for and planning my trip. That was nice, too. The next three months are going to be even better, but this stuff will be included in my post one year from now.
On the professional level, Diligent Technologies was acquired by IBM and now I’m an IBM employee. And two days from now I’ll be an IBM employee on a 3 months vacation. Take that, suckers :) Seriously, though, working for IBM is still not too much different – we do the same work only we got many more big black IBM boxes in our lab than before, a new coffee machine, constant cereal supply and laptops. The switch from a startup to a huge company has been kind of exciting. To say the least it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
So it’s been a pretty eventful year. That’s a good thing. When I started writing I thought it was going to be another “nothing much happened” post, but it turned out to be more satisfying than that.
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