For all those that didn’t know, I’ve been looking for new employment for the last month or so. For the last couple of weeks, it’s been a nonstop flurry of sending out resumes, doing phone screens, and driving around for interviews. Most of the flurry being motivated by my mortgage. :) Anyway, for anyone interested, I signed an offer with NetFlix today to do web infrastructure development. I’m pretty excited about being really involved with a pretty high traffic website, and the team that I’m going to be working with seems like they’ll be a lot of fun. My next decision becomes laptop or desktop for my work machine?
P.S. Thanks (or thanks again as the case may be) to all those people that were references for me, put me in touch with recruiters, or helped me figure out what I was looking for.
Scott Johnston | 22-Mar-06 at 9:37 am | Permalink
Desktop’s are so 90’s. I see no reason to buy a desktop these days.
Biao | 22-Mar-06 at 2:21 pm | Permalink
Congratulations Shawn. I’m going to be starting work at Yahoo in about a week.
Ryan | 23-Mar-06 at 2:17 pm | Permalink
Congrats on the new job, Shawn. Can you help us get movies faster now?
Unlike scott, I’d say there’s a reason for desktops, that being stability and lifespan. Desktop machines can go years without any serious technical glitches, but I don’t think I’ve ever had a laptop last more than 12 months without needing some form of a repair.
That being said, the new MacBook Pros are fantastically cool.