Yesterday I went to a former co-worker’s home to help him with his current programming project. If I had still been employed, it is a problem I would have been working on. But apparently I can’t be hired back, even temporarily, without screwing up my severance. Still, I want to maintain my friends and network, and it was an interesting problem. It was actually enjoyable to work with someone else for awhile. Most of my programming these days has been just me and it is feeling lonely.
I then had the interview for the job. It wasn’t done in the time allotted and had to be continued today. My biggest issue with this job is that it seems to require Lotus Notes. I was forced to use Lotus Notes in my last job and it seemed to be one of the larger barriers to productivity. It is enough of a bone of contention that it is making me doubt whether I want this job. Still, I’ll give it a try and see if I like it.
The multi-hour meetings are not endearing.
On my own programming I got source control up and running. Now I’m working on getting the saving and opening of files to work. I’ve got a few memory problems I need to contend with. Hopefully I’ll get those sorted out quickly. Then I might feel confident enough to post it on a website and accept comments from other people.
I’m stuck in my home all day. I’m finding myself starved for socialization. It’s making me moody and a little down. I need to find some friends who want to go out and do things. I’d like to go see a movie in a theatre, but I can’t think of anyone who would join me.