end of an era
Good enough time to update this thing, I suppose.
Tuesday marks the end of my employment at Apple, Inc. I’m leaving ostensibly to do some more contract work - I can make a lot more money developing web applications for people sitting on my couch than I can selling iMacs to people so they can manage pictures of their cat. It’s kinda sad to leave. In the time I’ve spent there, I’ve gone through a processor changeover, the introduction of two new versions of Mac OS X (I started when Tiger was released), two iPhones, the MobileMe transition, the iPod nano, and probably a whole host of things I can’t remember now. I’ve made a lot of friends there, and have actually watched a lot of them leave as well. (I maintain that Apple Retail is probably among the best to work in if you’re wanting a retail job. But, it’s still retail, and retail sucks.)
So, I’m leaving it to do something fresh and new and more challenging and more sitting-on-my-couch. I’m highly looking forward to having weekends. I may even update this damned thing more than once every 6 months. Maybe - and I’m trying not to get crazy here - I’ll even set up the web presences for the other domains I’ve got. First and foremost, I’m gonna try to deal with the scariness of not having a steady second paycheck for the first time in over 3 years.