{"id":1168,"date":"2007-01-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2007-01-07T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-07T12:00:00","slug":"a-fresh-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/07\/a-fresh-start\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fresh Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned previously that I’ll be spending January in Canada – Ottawa, to be precise. After I mentioned here that I was looking for a job, Paul Vallee of the Pythian Group<\/a> contacted me to ask if I’d be interested in working for Pythian if I was able to work from Edinburgh. The only reason I didn’t accept the permanent job offer<\/a> last year was that I would have to move to Canada and whilst my other half, Madeleine, was keen, my daughter was much less so 🙁 I jumped at the chance this time. I’ll be in Pythian’s offices for the next four weeks, learning how they work and getting to know people, before I work from sunny Edinburgh. (Well, it’s probably going to seem sunny after Ottawa’s winter temperatures!)<\/p>\n

So here I am, sitting in Lounge B at Terminal 3 (those frequent flyer miles and status are one of the joys of my life) with a pretty long three and a half hour wait between my flight down from Edinburgh and my flight out to Halifax, then on to Ottawa. <\/p>\n

I’m not sure now is the perfect time to look forward to a fresh start at work, having woken up at 4:20 and shared some uncomfortable goodbyes for the next month. There was a watery eye or two on the comfy seat. It’s safe to say, though, that I’m pretty excited about working with some very talented people (having already met some of them) for a boss who takes his business and his people seriously (having spent hours on the phone to Paul over the past year as well as swapping the odd email). As with any new role, I can’t really say how it’ll work out and Paul has already highlighted that working from home is not for everyone, but I’m looking forward to finding out.<\/p>\n

Although I’d hoped to stick to technical matters as much as possible in future, a new job in a new country will mean irresistable blogging opportunities and, besides, several other bloggers have got the technical thing well-covered 😉 I’m not sure how much I’ll really see of Ottawa, though. I’m staying and working down-town, thanks to Pythian picking a very handy hotel, but I’m also going to take the opportunity to spend the next four weeks getting some serious, undisturbed work in on my Hotsos presentation in the evenings.<\/p>\n

Anyway, time for a quick read of the Sunday papers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I mentioned previously that I’ll be spending January in Canada – Ottawa, to be precise. After I mentioned here that I was looking for a job, Paul Vallee of the Pythian Group contacted me to ask if I’d be interested in working for Pythian if I was able to work from Edinburgh. The only reason… Continue reading A Fresh Start<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":872,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/30\/now-thats-what-i-call-an-interview\/","url_meta":{"origin":1168,"position":0},"title":"Now That’s What I Call An Interview!","date":"January 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a slightly bizarre story. 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