Updates from Mountain View
June 21st, 2005Alright, here I am, with a wifi connection in hand. Lets talk.
Parents friends rule
Kyle, thank you for being my friend. Via our relationship I was able to share the time with two wonderful people, Karl and Amy. I am quite certain that they are two of the nicest to people ever exist. Not only did they allow me to stay with them in San Francisco (the city), they fed me, entertained me with a Canary, and even took me to grandma house for a potluck! It was so much fun! Thank you thank you thank you.
Housing situation
My biggest concern with moving to work for Mozilla was housing. I had no idea where I was going to live. Leaving Oregon, I still had no idea, but I left anyway (with the confidence from Karl and Amy). My only lead was meeting with a person the Saturday before I started work… however, Saturday rolled around and nobody called. The plan was to do the 45min commute and then try to find a place after work. To my luck I got a call Saturday afternoon… we met Sunday and now I live in an awesome condo. I have my own garage, bathroom, and fully furnished room. I do not think it could have worked out any better!
Work
Work. Holy crap this is fun. Already put in two 12 hour days (I know, I need to settle down). It is hard to leave. They have all the food, drinks, and people to keep you at the office for eternity. The work is a riot too. The OSL has given such valuable experience that I feel I will be able to help make huge leaps forward within the organization in my short, 3 month, time. Right now I am not learning a ton, but I am using straight up experience to help. It is very empowering to offer solutions to problems after walking in the door. I am starting to get that “oh, so thats why we did it that way” sort of feeling…
Other random things
- One of the colos has a hand scanner, I feel like James Bond
- Work is going go-karting, this is very exciting
- The roommate creates chunks of synthetic DNA, fly fishes, rock climbs, and drives a black Camry
- Moving to a different state with no where to move is not that bad
- In less then a month I will no longer be a teenager
- Everything works out
June 22nd, 2005 at 3:17 pm
What is a colos? - Great update!
June 22nd, 2005 at 8:22 pm
A colo is slang for colocation. Essentially it is a place where you can take servers and have them connected to a commercial grade internet connection and backup power.
June 25th, 2005 at 4:23 pm
You’re welcome. you’re welcome, you’re welcome. Amy and I feel very lucky that Kyle has friends like you!
BTW, Tweety says “chirp” and to remind you that he’s a Canary, not a parakeet. (He’s sensitive that way).
June 25th, 2005 at 4:32 pm
*Whoops* I in no way meant to offend tweety. Be sure to let him know it is fixed :)
Thanks again.
March 27th, 2007 at 9:07 am
Karl, parakeets are more fun than canaries :)