From 5ca3731ca47edfe8a00ea8342fedc31d23a81f4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:03:24 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] new job --- content/blog/2023/06-20-new-job/index.md | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2023/06-20-new-job/index.md diff --git a/content/blog/2023/06-20-new-job/index.md b/content/blog/2023/06-20-new-job/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..46f0f1f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2023/06-20-new-job/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +--- +title: New Job +date: 2023-06-20 +--- + +I'm now working at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. + +This is a Department of Energy Office of Science laboratory. +LANL, my previous employer, +was a National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory. +PNNL is going to have less restrictive policies, +and more of a focus on science that can be published to the world, +at the cost of not being as well-funded. + +It's also a fully-remote job. +At PNNL, this means I only go in to work 3-4 times a year. +Most of my time will be sitting in my bedroom, +but they're fine with me working in a coffee shop, +or on a train, +or in a VRBO with my wife while she's doing things for her advanced degree. + +This was the roughest job switch I've ever done. +It was stressful enough that I think it is unlikely I will ever switch jobs again. + +I'll be doing pretty much the same thing I was doing at LANL. +I'm still managing Cyber Fire, +and I'll be helping out with some other training things at PNNL. + +This is also my first attempt to use Windows for work. +I haven't used Windows since about 1993. +It seems to have improved: I only have to reboot once a day now. +So that's nice. +