The post whore thread.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Hospital room WiFi seems to have dropped down to 14.4 modem speed.

I'm afraid to ask...I hope you were just there to check the smoke alarm batteries or something.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Granted, I'll be doing design work, training Chilean staff, moving the infrastructure to Chile and incorporating it into the telescope, then, moving to the east coast to build the instrument ($4M instrument at that...and I'm building it... like a giant lego machine... still trying to let that sink in) at that university, then move the instrument down to the telescope, and live in Chile for 1-3 months while we commission the instrument and get it on sky.

Well that is some pretty cool news, BC !! I'm happy for ya, bro.

[BuffCyclist]

So, did I miss much in the past 3 days?

Anyone get banned? Any trolls get tomatoes thrown at them? Kevin Drummer sign up again?

[BuffCyclist]

Thanks OBC, its really hard to believe things are lining up and falling into place finally. I've known about this since May, so you can imagine how anxious I've been!

[theGinsue]

I'm afraid to ask...I hope you were just there to check the smoke alarm batteries or something.

Don't I wish. Looks like you've seen the PM & know what's up. Just don't tell these other whores about my genital warts & how hard they are to remove. Ah dang, let the cat out of the bag.

[theGinsue]

Huge project review at work Thursday and Friday, its for the project who scouted me for a position on the team.

Long story short, my current boss was sitting in on the presentation where the project manager put up an organization chart with my name and started explaining what I will be doing for the project. My current boss interjected that this was the first he was hearing of me leaving. Whoops!

Spoke with the project manager about the transition, he said he'll take care of it, but I should be on their project payroll by the time I get back from my Honeymoon because we need to move past conceptual drawings for the entire infrastructure suite we're building for a telescope in Chile, and have it ready to be sent to the machine shop for the final CDR (critical design review) in 6 months.

Best part, is that he told me to "make myself an offer I can't refuse" regarding salary. I know the operations budget and for how many people. It's gonna be a NICE upgrade.

Granted, the amount of work I'll be doing will necessitate that kind of salary. It will involve design work, training Chilean staff, moving the infrastructure to Chile and incorporating it into the telescope, then, moving to the east coast to build the instrument ($4M instrument at that...and I'm building it... like a giant lego machine... still trying to let that sink in) at that university, then move the instrument down to the telescope, and live in Chile for 1-3 months while we commission the instrument and get it on sky.

So, did I miss much in the past 3 days?

Anyone get banned? Any trolls get tomatoes thrown at them? Kevin Drummer sign up again?

'Bout time they recognized your skills & contributions.

[BuffCyclist]

[theGinsue]

The wife's sleeping so I should get some shut-eye too. Tomorrow's gonna be a rough day.

[BuffCyclist]

'Bout time they recognized your skills & contributions.

Ha, kind of how I feel too!

Luckily, my chief engineer is heading up the design work and I'll be working side by side with him on it. He is on my side and begging to get me on board with the project ASAP.

[theGinsue]

Just joking. No warts.

Wife was hurt in an ATV accident today. I'm with her in the hospital room. She's been asleep for about 1.5-2 hours now but I'm awake in case she wakes up & needs anything.