You are reading the diary of an Employed
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If
you're done whooping, hollering and stomping, here's more info. I will be helping
a software group in a major aerospace company refine their software development
processes, so that they can both develop code with fewer bugs in it and pass
audits by their customers and the FAA. I know this is odd, but I really like
working on processes, so this sounds great to me. I'll be doing that for six
months, and then either doing more of the same, moving into development, or into
testing, which I also like. I'll be a contractor there, which I can do for 18
months, after which I could either be extended or convert to an
employee.
There are only two drawbacks I can see, one big and one
small. The small one is that these guys developed things like operating systems
and firmware, not cool snazzy user-interface applications. This would be a big
problem for me, because I like doing apps much better, but I won't be writing code
anyway. Also, this stuff is meant to run on airplanes (big commercial ones) and
it's always more pleasant when your work has an end use you're interested in. In
lots of ways, I'll be glad to be back in aerospace.
The big one is
the commute: it's about 40 minutes with no traffic, so it will be more during
actual commute times. This is offset by the fact that several mornings a week,
I'll be commuting from the boatyard, which is much closer than my house.
The disadvantages are also offset by one major honking Good Thing:
they have offered me considerably more money (like, $5/hour more, which
equates to $10K/year) than I have ever made in my entire life. I took a pay
cut when I went to my last employer (to do more interesting work) so this is way
more than I made there. I figure that offsets a bit of driving.
I may
buy a plane for the commute.