Monday, September 2nd, 1974, was the first day of my career as a professional software engineer.<\/p>\n

Today, for the first time in that 33+ year career, is my first day of my first interruption of that career: I’m now practically ^{*)<\/sup> unemployed.<\/p>\n}

I’m sitting here today, a sunny Saturday in February, in my office at home, surrounded by boxes full of computer books and 33+ years worth of computer related junk.<\/p>\n

I’m kinda sad it ^{**)<\/sup> happened, but on the other hand … I’m ready to tackle something new and exciting.<\/p>\n}

Now … if only someone would offer me an opportunity to do just that …<\/p>\n

I’ll keep y’all informed.<\/p>\n

^{*)<\/sup> I said practically, because technically my severance deal will keep me on the payroll till\u00c2\u00a0mid May. But my office is empty, the lights are off, I handed in my entry badge and we drank beer all yesterday afternoon at the local pub with the last diehards of the ‘transition’ team (clean-up crew) that I was part of.<\/p>\n}

^{**)<\/sup> Conexant closes wireless division<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"}

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