Well, as usual, the grass looked greener.

I just switched jobs this last week. Friday, February 15, was my last day at the last job, and Monday, February 18, was the first day of the new job. I'd normally like to have a little more time off in the middle, but it didn't work out that way.

The last job was working for a little start-up video game company. It was my first full-time job as an employee since 1995 or so. I was employee number three, and the excitement was a buzz when I started. The company had a few false-starts and made a few turns, and ultimately was doing different things with a different goal than I'd bought into when I signed on. After months of delay, I finally had enough, and a few weeks ago tendered my resignation.

In the end days, I sent out a few casual inquiries to my recruiter-type friends, and got a lead on a new deal. Within days I was interviewed and offered something. After just a little consideration I took it. I'd talked to a couple of other people, but nothing panned out. This gig pays less than some of those, but a little more than the last, and it actually has benefits that other people take for granted like vacation days and health insurance. Seems like a good deal, so I'm gonna give 'em my normal year to try it out.

They have sent me to my gig, and I'm having the typical starting woes. I've been allocated a laptop, but didn't get it until the closing minutes of my first day. I spent all day today getting things set up, but still don't have access to the software version control system, which everyone here hates. It's hard to do a software development job when you don't have access to the source, and it's hard to look forward to that source when everyone hates the system.

I'm a trooper, though, and I will persevere.