General thoughts about life, what’s happening, stuff like that… :)
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New year, new job, new beginning…
… I started in the position of DAMS Software Engineer at the OULS/SERS in the Oxford University this 2nd March 2009.
I had a great week, met people and participate in many meetings. And as a result of these meetings I will be posting my notes.
During this weekend I will try to gather as much information from the past week as possible and after that I will try to update the blog at least once a week.
Has been almost a full week since I left my old job at the airport and started a new one at the university.
I had so many meetings that was almost overwhelming… simply different and interesting, since I didn’t have anything like this in previous jobs.
There are a lot of new concepts to grasp and I also have to give a good brush-up on my ‘basic’ Python skills.
This is the time to take my “programmer out of the box” let her breath and charge her with all the new knowledge and test the old-dusty lines of code still existing in her “computational brain”.
Just now I’m installing the Sun VirtualBox in my laptop (since my previous desktop is almost empty now) and I will try to install some new shiny toys like Fedora and other linux versions.
I’m also checking some documentation on the Python website.
I will probably start a new blog, completely work-related to help documenting steps of my development.
Last, but not least, I’m very happy with the changes. The environment is relaxed but very professional. Common sense is applied all the way and you feel part of something bigger, and with a purpose.
I am very greatful to a friend that help me and somehow look after me during the process… from the start: letting me know about the vacancy, references, guiding me throught it. THANK YOU! you know who you are! 🙂
I saw a small fox laying on the side of the road a few days ago… I think was more or less a week ago…
The body was beautifully positioned, almost systematic, so you could see it laying there, peaceful.
It was sad to see a dead animal, but it was so beautiful in itself that the death didn’t bring me deep sadness, and passing by it side, many days now, you can see the slow decomposition and the loss of its character.
Still, despite the ‘dark’ tone in this post and the situation that presented itself to my eyes this past days, every time I pass by I almost want to say “hello”, “how have you been?”, “hopefully you are in peace and being taken care by angels”.
I know that it will be still there tomorrow, slowing losing its mass and fur, and for many days to come… but I will still say ‘hello’ and I still will think about the fragility of our own lives…
