The Smiling Googlist

Yup, I did not have bad timing! Google just acquired JotSpot (that's where I work)! You might be thinking "Um, didn't you just change jobs like 2 months ago?" and indeed I did. I also said I wasn't gonna change jobs for a while, and technically the job sort of changed under me :) I must admit that it was a shock to learn after a few weeks that the tiny startup I just joined was going to be acquired by a Big Company. That shock quickly turned into curiosity after I met the folks over there (and, um, had a free lunch). It seems like a fascinating place and one where there will be much opportunity to explore technology. And the best part, I will be working somewhere that everyone has actually heard of! In celebration of that, let me present:

My Work History: A retrospective told as party conversations

• 1996
• Drunken Party-Goer: "What do you do?"
• Long Haired Hippi Me: "I build torpedo simulators for the undersea warfare center!"
• Drunker Party-Goer: "Um, is that punch over there..."
• 1998
• Wine-Drinking 30-something: "May I ask how you spend your time?"
• Frazzled Overworked Me: "I work for a small startup called Spectra Science building software for laser-tracking systems"
• Wine-Drinking 30-something: "Oh how fascinating! You work."
• 2000
• Silicon Valley Someone: "So, what is going to make you 20 Billion Dollars?"
• California Me: "I work for a company making process streamlining and automation software"
• Silicon Valley Someone: "..."
• 2002
• San Francisco-ite: "You have a job????"
• Climber Me: "I work for Nimblefish!"
• San Francisco-ite: "Don't they store my photos?"
• 2004
• New Yorker: "Get the hell out of my way."
• Nomadic Me: "I do best practice management for an IT Governance Company"
• New Yorker: "Where did that guy go, he was just standing here..."
  
• 2006
• Random Street Person: "And you do?"
• Me: "I work for Google"
• Random Street Person: "Really? Can you tell me where I can find restaurants in El Paso"

So, when do we get a chip in our head that hooks us up to their search engine??? I look forward to kicking ass at Scrabble.

Google, here I come!

:)