New Job

Since we were changing everythin (Home, Kristen's job, adding twins, new daycare, states, furniture, etc) I decided that now is a godo time for me change jobs.  That not exactly what happened, but I am changing jobs.  Two weeks ago, I went to a former co-worker's house to play some war/strategy games, have a few beers and catch up.  The night ended with an agreement that I would come in and interview for a job with his startup.  Within a week, I had a new job lined up.

Starting in mid-november, I'll be leaving Varolii where I have been for the last 7 years and moving into a software development position at Good Measures, LLC.  It is a small startup (about 10 people) building an contextual nutrition application.  I'm very excited about the product and the change of tools and skills required.  The appliation is a website and iPhone application for tracking nutrition which is very tailored and targetted for the individual.  Looking beyond calorie counting, it is going to help a lot of people meet weight goals, nutrition goals, exercise goals and lifestyles.  I will be working from home, as I would have been with Varolii, however, the entire development tema for Good Measures is remote which I think will make being remote much easier.

Varolii has been very good for me.  There, I have made the transition from being a pretty green software developer working on installed software to being a team lead and principal software engineer working on scalable web applications.  I've learned a lot and gained a lot of confidence at Varolii, but after 7 years it is time for a fresh challenge.