Well it’s been quite some time since I last updated this thing, but things have been just crazy busy. I’m back on night shifts at work, which I’ve been using to get back into coding and such. I’m learning the new version of the NEO framework employed by PHXX in the development of some of their client sites, including SpawnPoint. It’s a very extensible framework, and the guy who created it (Lucas W.) is genius quality. From what I hear, he’s being scoped out by a number of companies, while still in school.
Other than that, the other big piece of news is that I’m moving! I’ve leased a basement suite in the Kitsilano area for the next year. It’s a two bedroom suite in an older heritage home. It’s small, but it will do the trick. Laurel (my best friend of nearly a decade) and I are sharing the place. It’s closer to her work, and it’s MUCH closer for me. I’m soo glad I won’t have to commute from Maple Ridge into downtown at least 4-5 times a week. After a while, it eats your soul. So within the next week, I’ll officially be a Vancouverite. The other dangerous part about this, is that I have a Starbucks less than 100m from my front door (at MacDonald and 16th). This is not going to do well for my pocket book, or my caffeine intake.
At work, things are going decently. We recently lost some NOC team members to other departments in the company, so we have a couple new hires that are being trained on day shift. The two that have already started seem like bright guys, and we have one more starting next week. So we’ll shortly be back up to full staffing, and raring to go! I still learn a lot daily at this job, which keeps it fresh and interesting. It’s not just the technical side of things, but also getting better at the “team player” and even a “mentor”.