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Hello. I am Joel Marcey, author of this personal blog.
Check out my joint venture with acclaimed programming language instructor, Rex Jaeschke, called Programming Classroom
I am also owner of Twin Roots, a consulting and software development company.
Monthly Archives: October 2007
I Hit the 1000 Blog Visit Milestone!!
OK, it is not a defined milestone. I am sure that is not such a wonderful feat, and my hope is that 1/2 of those aren’t my own visits , but according to my WordPress statistics, I have had 1002 … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Career, Entrepreneurship, Micro ISV, Personal
Tagged Blogging, Micro ISV, starting a business, WordPress
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Moving On; Out With the Old, In With the New
Today was my first day without a corporate job to go to. I started my part time contracting assignment. I sat in a coffee shop (ironic because I don’t drink coffee) and did some work. I worked a good 5 … Continue reading
A Bit More On My Exit Interview
I have seen some comments on the web about my exit interview. Interesting comments for sure. So I thought I would add a bit more response. It’s hard to express the tone of a person in a text medium like … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Career, Personal
Tagged exit interview, leaving a company, leaving work, work protocol
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My Exit Interview Was Not A Pleasant Experience
In my previous post, I hinted that I was none to pleased with my exit interview. Well, here are the details. At 10 AM, I went to the HR person’s office. It started out innocently enough. We shook hands. I … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Career, Personal
Tagged exit interview, leaving a company, leaving work
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Well, I Am Off To Smaller and Worser Things
People always say they are off to bigger and better things. Since I don’t really know if that is going to be the case, I figure I would mix it up a little bit. So, I am officially corporately unemployed. … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Entrepreneurship, Personal
Tagged exit interview, leaving work, Personal
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T Minus 0.5 days
Well, it is about 12 hours until my exit interview (10 AM Friday morning). There they will surely ask me why I decided to leave, what I liked and disliked about the company and rip what is really their possessions … Continue reading
Microsoft Shares Source Code to the .NET Framework
I saw this on Scott Guthrie’s blog yesterday (I must have had a brain freeze for leaving him off my blogroll): Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries This is good to see. And this is great news … Continue reading
Posted in .NET, Microsoft, Technology
Tagged .NET, .NET Framework, Licensing, Microsoft, Open Source, Technology
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Leaving Work With That Squeaky Clean Feeling
My last day with my current company is this Friday. I am going to follow Scott Hanselman’s advice regarding leaving your job with a “good feeling”. However, I am going to add a couple of things: 1. Change all your … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Computers, Technology
Tagged clean computer, Computers, leavin work, network accounts
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Why the Blog Name “A Life of Constant Flux”
Someone asked me why I named my blog “A Life of Constant Flux”. Well, it’s pretty simple — My life is currently always in flux. It didn’t always used to be that way. Until about 1.5 years ago, my spouse … Continue reading