Workin' 9 to 5

Well, one week down and no major mishaps. Except that I went to entirely the wrong office this morning. If I had bothered to check my e-mail last night, I would have found that today I was supposed to go to the Maryland office, not the Virginia one. But what's another 90 minutes of driving between friends?

Also, I got to listen to Larry getting fired today. Larry's a guy who works on the same project as me, except Larry (until today) made a lot more money. His title is "Senior Systems Architect" which, although pretty much incomprehensible to me, certainly sounds awesome. He wasn't really fired, he was just kicked off the project, but unless he can justify his continued employment he'll be out entirely. It's too bad. I met Larry for the first time yesterday and he's a very nice guy and obviously knows his shit. But there have been some performance issues and the end client doesn't think his output justified the cost.

I know all this because the Maryland office has paper-thin walls.

Tonight I'm going to hang with Meier and his wife, order some Korean food, and watch Grizzly Man. I hope Larry has a good evening.