The new job

Just a quick update. I feel as though I have been neglecting my blog recently. I blame the start of the new job, and the time I have been devoting to it, to stealing away the minutes I used to spend keeping this space refreshed with updated information on me, the family, and life. Life is certainly still going on as active as ever, I just have lost a few of those minutes that I used to spend sharing it with all of you. I'll get it back, and will bring new stories with it as I add the adventures that my new job is sure to bring me.

For now, I thought I would start by introducing my new company to those of you that think Alcatel-Lucent sounds more like something you should take for heartburn, rather than the world leader in next generation networking equipment. I do agree, when two of the biggest players in the industry merged, Alcatel and Lucent Technologies, you'd think they could have spent a little more time on the name. Oh-well.

All I can say so far is that this new job is going to be cool. Now, that is cool in a gotta really love new technology, learn the latest and greatest network toys, geek, kinda cool. My kind of cool. For the last 10 years I have been a user of this technology, never a supplier. From that perspective, joining this company is like getting the key to the candy store. Access. All sorts of access! More documents, technical specs, powerpoints, and customer proposals than I could ever possibly ingest. Routers, and Optics, and CDMA...oh-my!! I get to play with it all. And not only play with it, I get to tell other people about it. People that actually want to hear about it. Yeah, okay, now some of you are envisioning a room full of geeks all sitting around ooh-ing, and aah-ing over the new shiny object in the corner while we speak in our secret language that only we can understand. It's not always like that. Sometimes the Marketing folks stop by, and we have to speak English.

Anyway, enough ranting. I am happy. More importantly, I think my family is happy, which is really the goal I have for myself. So, so far, so good. I will of course, be more than willing to share any of the new geek knowledge with anyone who is interested, and I will update with more on life and the family very soon. In the meantime, for those looking for a cool overview of all the things Alcatel-Lucent is getting into this year, here is a catchy promotional video the company is distributing.