Hello world!
Well, as you can see, this is a brand new blog.
My first ever, in fact, so bear with me while I flesh this out.
It seems like the right time to do this, since I was laid off today from Sun Microsystems, where I have been working for nearly 17 years. I’m still coming to terms with it, but I think this is not as bad as it might seem. I’m going to treat this as an an opportunity to try something new, hence the initial name of this blog.
And I have experience to help me. I was (very nearly) laid off in 2004, but was called back at the last moment. If you’re interested, you can find an email I sent out about that experience here.
The link in that message is very old and won’t work, but it referred to the announcement that Sun was going to develop the world’s first publicly-available Grid Computing Utility. I worked as Lead Engineer on the project, and we did it. It was kind of cool. Anybody could use our Compute Grid for $1 per CPU/hour.
So, it begins again. Thanks for taking this ride with me.
Curt Harpold
Posted from Rockville, Maryland, United States.
Curt Harpold is a computer industry technologist in the Washington, DC area. He is also well known as a SCUBA Diving Instructor, Magician, Folk Singer/Musician, Voice Actor, Narrator, and MC.
Murt: And so the next adventure begins. I can’t wait to see what you do! You know you have my support, along with the support of all your sisters on Rock Creek. xo Alice
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Good luck Curt! You have so many extraordinary talents… who knows what opportunities lie ahead for you. ….mary
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Curt,
You have friends who are here for you and won’t let you fall. I’m a true believer that things happen for a reason. I’m pretty sure, we will look back this Fall and find the humor in the situation when you are on higher ground. Remember, you have a lot to offer and it shows. To quote yourself, “Just roll with the punches”.
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Curt, I got laid off in 2006 and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. You got skills…
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I’d have to agree with you Crabby, though more than my current lay-off I view my near-miss in 2004 as having been a very good thing.
My goal is to make this one at least as good, though I really don’t know what direction I’m going to take, yet.
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Time to open up you’re own dive shop, methinks….
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No, I don’t think I’ll make that mistake again.
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