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waiting to wake up...
Jan. 3rd, 2007 09:55 pm...because it's a drunkard's dream, but...
I've just accepted a job as a software engineer working on BIND, DHCP, and other assorted whatnot at ISC.org, with Paul Vixie.
Non-profit. Non-commercial. Open-source. Leading edge technology, designing and implementing infrastructure protocols that run ubiquitously all over the entire internet. (BIND, for you less-technical sorts, is the software that converts domain names like "livejournal.com" into internet addresses like "204.9.177.18", and pretty-much every computer in the world uses it.) I may end up working with standards organizations, writing specifications for new protocols, and generally inventing stuff to make the world a better place for everyone on the net; ISC people do all those things.
I'll work from my garage, making a little more than I was before SCO laid me off (which I am now Extremely Grateful they did), doing more-or-less exactly what I would want to be doing as a hobby if I had lots of spare time and no need to worry about money or benefits.
I couldn't think up a better job if you gave me a generous research grant and six years to work on the problem.
My head is spinning. I don't fully understand why they want me, I don't feel like I'm good enough, but what the hell. All I can do is strive to be worthy.
One fly in the ointment: I had already accepted another job, and was planning to start next Monday, before ISC called. I'm gonna have to be a dick and tell the other guys I'm not going to work for them after all. Oh well: I'm a dick.
(Update: Called Opsware this morning and un-accepted. Will start at ISC Monday morning, 11 AM. Squeee!)
I've just accepted a job as a software engineer working on BIND, DHCP, and other assorted whatnot at ISC.org, with Paul Vixie.
Non-profit. Non-commercial. Open-source. Leading edge technology, designing and implementing infrastructure protocols that run ubiquitously all over the entire internet. (BIND, for you less-technical sorts, is the software that converts domain names like "livejournal.com" into internet addresses like "204.9.177.18", and pretty-much every computer in the world uses it.) I may end up working with standards organizations, writing specifications for new protocols, and generally inventing stuff to make the world a better place for everyone on the net; ISC people do all those things.
I'll work from my garage, making a little more than I was before SCO laid me off (which I am now Extremely Grateful they did), doing more-or-less exactly what I would want to be doing as a hobby if I had lots of spare time and no need to worry about money or benefits.
I couldn't think up a better job if you gave me a generous research grant and six years to work on the problem.
My head is spinning. I don't fully understand why they want me, I don't feel like I'm good enough, but what the hell. All I can do is strive to be worthy.
One fly in the ointment: I had already accepted another job, and was planning to start next Monday, before ISC called. I'm gonna have to be a dick and tell the other guys I'm not going to work for them after all. Oh well: I'm a dick.
(Update: Called Opsware this morning and un-accepted. Will start at ISC Monday morning, 11 AM. Squeee!)
