Apparently its been a while since I touched this blog. Its been a busy year, and unfortunately I forgot that I had set this up. On the bright side, due to me being unemployed for so long, I didn’t get the chance to do much on my house yet, so I’m not too far behind in my updates.
Anyway, as many of you have heard, I finally started a new job. I’m doing tech support for the largest crop insurance agency on the planet. Basically, we have agents, agencies and employees that all use software to make claims, maintain credentials and certifications, et cetera. Well, all the applications require support, and that is where I come in.
It’s nice here. The people are friendly, the building is brand new, the equipment is new, the expectations are reasonable, and my goals and metrics are clear. <–This is full of win. Seriously. My more recent jobs were difficult to grow in because it was never clear what I would be graded on the most. Additionally, I don’t have a ‘manager’ who marks me low in an area because he was told by his boss to make sure he had a “coaching point.” Ugh. I feel sorry for anyone who has had to endure that fresh hell.
Anyway, so I’m working out of Anoka, living in Crystal, and trying to get by day by day. To those of you that have known me for a while, it might be apparent that in the course of me becoming unemployed, I’ve turtled in at home. If you’ve seen me in person in the last year, you are one of a few bunch. Once things start to relax and even out again, we’ll see about fixing that.
Maybe it’ll give me a little more time to work on this. I suppose it may be time to resurrect this project and work on it again. We’ll see, I’ve never been good at blogging…I just don’t care about it enough to keep on it. My best attempt was HERE. I think it ended some time in 2006 when I was in Norway.
So, to all of you who have been banging on my door for an update as to what happened to ‘ol Vinney, there you go. There is a lot of stuff that happened in the last year, but this should be good for now. Leave me a note, let me know you were here.
Vinney
