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Rich Brown - Living My Life Out Loud!
Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Tuesday, July 24, 2001
@ Work
So today didn't go nearly as bad as I thought it would have given the fact that we released our software today. Of course no matter how much testing you do with your application the minute you release it to a user they find a bug within 5 minutes. I guess this is just the way it works.
We have our usual company meeting on Thursday afternoon, so I'm anxious to find out the news of how we are doing. The projections have looked really good, so this will give us some solid information. In the midst of the rest of the economy I'm just happy to still have a job. I can't believe that Lucent announced today that they were going to lay off 20,000 people. Something has to be done with our economy soon or we are going to not just have a recession, but we are bordering something more serious.
I think the rest of the week will be fairly calm around here. I may get some more time to work on my web site again. I've decided to add some more interactivity to it. I always have fun when I can do some personal programming.
So only a 4 more weeks before I leave to go back to Philadelphia for my cousins wedding. I'm looking forward to going back for a while. I haven't seen my Mother since my Dad's funeral in December so I know she is really anxious for me to come home for a while. I'm not really planning on doing much while I'm there except for the usual family visits and some relaxation. I'm going to take a few books with me to read so that I might get caught up on some of the reading I've been wanting to do. Believe it or not I don't think I'm going to take a computer home with me. I really just want to stay away from the computer for a while. I can always check and send E-Mail with my Palm VII so it's not a total disconnection.
I really hate to say this but I think I'm starting to get bored with work. I mean I'm always busy but I don't feel I'm learning much anymore. I really want something to challenge me again. I think I really need to go back to school. I believe the only way I'm going to find a challenge and keep my mind thinking is to take some more classes. I would love to take some non-technology classes, but I find myself wanting to focus on some more of the newer technologies that are coming out. Maybe I should look into what some of the technology-related extension classes are in the Bay. Ideally in a few years I will be able to go back to school full time to work on my Masters degree. I would love to go back to school and just stay there. I enjoy the University atmosphere and I enjoy learning. I would love to become a full-time teacher as well as do research on the side. I think with a few more years experience in my field I will be a prime candidate for entering into a good masters program. I think in the meantime I'm also going to try and take at least one class in the fall just for something to do. More of a personal enrichment class -- like photography or history or something. We'll see.
