My first day here at work at Symantec. It's a very Windows-oriented environment, which is something I have to get used to. I've already downloaded cygwin to help me have some UNIX comfort. Next step is to install Perforce, get a build, and try to build this puppy.
The view here is spectacular - a view of the bay, Treasure Island, and if I just squint, I can see my house in Berkeley. However, alas, this is not to last -- in one month (to the day) we'll be heading to the sixth floor of an office building south of Market, and no more view :(
My dev machine - well, it's hot. 8GB of memory, over 2TB of disk space, and a 4-core CPU. Plus I get a company-issued laptop to take home with me - but not a Mac (wah!). It's a Dell running Win XP. So nineties :)
Hopefully I'll be up and running soon, but I may not be able to talk much about what I'm doing. This is not open source in any shape or form. We'll see what we shall see...
I got a new coffee mug and my boss brought cookies and invited everyone over to meet me - it's a very friendly, good-natured group. I'm glad to be here.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Back at work
Posted by David Van Couvering at 3:21 PM
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4 comments:
Glad to see you all nicely set up.
Now, could you say some more about that desktop machine ? It's always interesting to see the kind of hardware companies provide to developers.
Me on the other hand -- the MacBook Pro is enough to recompile NetBeans.
I new you would find something.....
Windows hee hee, we have almost swapped places, a year ago my mob were an MS shop, we headed down the Java route thank goodness.
Good luck with your new job.
Congratulations on re-entering the work force! I worked a contract for a couple of months at 1 Market St. It's an older, brick building, and not only did we have a fantastic view (from the seventh floor) of the Bay and the Ferry Building, but the windows opened!
Glad to hear about this. Good luck for the future.
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