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Hell, turn right

So I’ve now spent 2 days in Nashville and I’ve learned quite a few things. The first of which is if you’re ever IT and going to an area to be told their problems, you’re fresh meat. I’ve spent alot of time being told the seventeen thousand things the previous programmer of the application I now manage screwed up. I still like the job, in fact since I know how much of a difference it will make I’m pretty pumped to get started. However I have decided to re-write the application the way it should have been written so it doesn’t resemble a plate of spaghetti. I actually just got home from a joyous 10 hour day. I made a few tweaks to the system to improve it overall.

I did take an hour long break however to run to the bookstore. I ended up leaving with 3 things I think will help my career. The first being the heavily work related book, MS SQL Server 2005 Unleashed. One of the things I wasn’t told is that I’ll be fulfilling the role of database administrator, and my MS SQL is a bit weak compared to MySQL. Thus I picked up the book so I can brush up where need be. Secondly, an issue of HOW magazine, which is much like Cre@te magazine, a designer magazine I used to read. Lastly, and my favorite purchase in iWoz, the autobiography of Steve Wozniak. For those of you that aren’t familiar with Woz, he’s solely credited for the creation of the personal computer, and co-founder of Apple. Hopefully by reading this, somehow I can watch my desire for the iPhone subside.