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Posted on 11 Jul 2011 at 5:46pm PDT

So, since it's a pretty big deal (at least to me), and since it's having a noticeable impact on my work here on the site, I suppose this is at least worth talking about in some detail.

First thing's first, I graduated with my BS in CompSci and Math back at the start of May. Now, at the start of July, I've started working full time. That whole "started" thing is the complicated part.

My family lives in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and I went to school just outside Milwaukee Wisconsin. My new home is just outside Madison Wisconsin, so it's a little closer to "back home" than school was. Unfortunately, this has meant a lot of packing, traveling, and unpacking over the last two months. And this will continue for a while yet.

I am working as a Software Developer for Epic. They're a health care software company; they make the software that doctors' offices and hospitals use (and a bit more related software, too). You probably haven't heard of them, unless you know someone who works in the health care industry, and even then, it's still unlikely. Interestingly enough, I'm not the only member of the staff who works there. Epic now employs two of the people on our forums' staff list.

Work so far has been a lot of fun. I have my own office, shared with the other new developer on the team who started the same day I did. I haven't actually done any real work for the company yet, and it'll be a while before I really do. I've finished the first of two weeks of orientation, and after that I start my training; it should take me until about the end of the year to complete that.

So, for a while now, my job will essentially be getting paid to go to college again. Except it'll be a lot harder. Once I get through the first few parts of training, I should be getting some actual "work" to work on as well while continuing the training program, which I'm very excited for.

The campus itself (and it is a campus, not an office) is beautiful, featuring about a dozen buildings all decorated according to various themes. The food is to die for; I've been paying about $5/day for a lunch that would easily set me back $15 if not $20 at any restaurant downtown. I'm seriously considering just buying an extra to-go box and bringing it home for dinner.

Speaking of that, the main reason I can't work much on the site (aside from time constraints) is that I'm currently living out of a hotel. This means I'm also using my laptop, which is approximately one-tenth as powerful as my desktop computer (and about one-twentieth the size). I won't be able to move into my apartment for another 2 weeks yet, and my things won't be here until the end of the month. Once that happens and I get settled in, I should be able to get back to work around here a little more.

All in all, it's a very busy, very exciting time for me. By this time next month, I'll be settled into my own apartment and into a job where I get to make a very clear difference in the world, and which is guaranteed to challenge me more than just about anything I've ever done so far.

Until then, I'll do what I can to keep things running smoothly around here in the little bit of free time that I do have. One thing I can do right now is to provide miniature updates and/or feedback via our Facebook Page and our Twitter Account, so feel free to make use of those.

So for now, thanks for bearing with us during what's proving to be a very busy summer for myself and for the other admins.

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